When Walker Percy was 13, his father committed suicide.

Outside of that, "I don't have any social life," Walker Percy says.

Walker Percy with his Christian science fiction work Love in the ruins.

Walker Percy "definitely didn't talk like that," according to his nephew.

Walker Percy is someone I really like a lot.

Walker Percy died of prostate cancer in 1990, eighteen days before his 74th birthday.

At 16, then, Walker Percy was burdened with a crushing inheritance of morbidity.

Walker Percy called this same novel, "a beauty."

The difficulty of writing, as Walker Percy said, is that it doesn't give you anything to play with.

Walker Percy recognized this dimension of the novel, which he compared to a "cipher, a coded message, a book in a strange language."

When Walker Percy was 13, his father committed suicide.

Outside of that, "I don't have any social life," Walker Percy says.

Walker Percy with his Christian science fiction work Love in the ruins.

Walker Percy "definitely didn't talk like that," according to his nephew.

Walker Percy is someone I really like a lot.

Walker Percy died of prostate cancer in 1990, eighteen days before his 74th birthday.

At 16, then, Walker Percy was burdened with a crushing inheritance of morbidity.

Walker Percy called this same novel, "a beauty."

The difficulty of writing, as Walker Percy said, is that it doesn't give you anything to play with.

Walker Percy recognized this dimension of the novel, which he compared to a "cipher, a coded message, a book in a strange language."