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The Thanatos Syndrome - by Walker Percy & Percy (Paperback)

The Thanatos Syndrome - by  Walker Percy & Percy (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Returning to the small Louisiana parish where he had practiced psychiatry, Dr. Tom More quickly notices something strange occurring with the townsfolk--a loss of inhibitions. Behind this mystery is a dangerous plot to drug the local water supply.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Returning home to the small Louisiana parish where he had praticed psychiatry, Dr. Tom More quickly notices something strange occuring with the townfolk, a loss of inhibitions. Behind this mystery is a dangerous plot drug the local water supply, and a discovery that takes More into the underside of the American search for happiness.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"There is ample evidence of Percy's brilliance in <i>The Thanatos Syndrome</i> - the droll Dixie anthropology, the pitch-perfect dialogue, the sheer intelligence everywhere on the page.... It is splendidly, uproariously catholic, as well." --<i>Douglas Bauer, Atlantic Monthly</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Walker Percy</b> is the author of over ten books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestsellers<i> The Moviegoer</i> and <i>The Thanatos Syndrome.</i> He was awarded numerous prizes during his lifetime, including the National Book Award, and is considered to be one of the greatest American writers of our time. He died in 1990.</p>

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