The second coming

359 pages

English language

Published 1999 by Picador USA.

ISBN:
978-0-312-24324-1
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5 stars (2 reviews)

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Review of 'The second coming' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

Why do people seek to imprison those near them? There is a subtext of confinement and the issues that are generated from it in this book.

Will's - the male protagonist - recently deceased wife was confined to a wheelchair, did she confine him to an early retirement and others to an old folks home to put them in the same position?

Allie - the female protagonist - escapes from a mental home and avoids her parents trying to re-institutionalize her. Allie's confinement is less subtle than Will's.

In the novel they help each other break out.

Another open question here is whether there is a God and love or feelings of such are chemical products that can be manipulated by science.

Good stuff. However, I didn't love this book. It dawdles. It could be more balanced between Allie and Will. Will gets boring.

Percy has a style where he …

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Subjects

  • Psychiatric hospital patients -- Fiction
  • Men -- Southern States -- Psychology -- Fiction