The Second Coming (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Walker Percy
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Plot: Philosophical comedy
- Time of Work: The late 1970’s
- Setting: The affluent rural community of Linwood in North Carolina, especially the golf course and its adjacent wild countryside
- Principal Characters: Will Barrett, Allison (Allie) Huger, Leslie Barrett, Lewis Peckham, The Elder Barrett, Ewell McBee, Jack Curl, Katherine (Kitty) Vaught Huger
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: 1970’s, Love or romance, Spiritual life or spirituality, Mental illness, North Carolina, Greenhouses
- Locales: North Carolina
The Novel
The Second Coming is a seriocomic tale in which a wealthy, middle-aged man who is contemplating suicide and a young woman who has recently escaped from a mental hospital save each other from depression and psychosis and win their freedom from conniving relatives. It is not the usual kind of love story, in which the primary conflict is some obstacle in a romantic pursuit. Each is engrossed in a very private struggle with the crippling emotions peculiar to his or her own past. Their encounter is a happy accident—or perhaps the grace of God extended to two...
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