Lancelot Audiobook

" Gloomy, but well-written. Yep, that's Walker Percy. "

" This book reminded me three other books: theraphy, fight club and 99 francs. I really enjoyed it and I totally recommend if you liked 99 francs and fight club actually.. "

" Lancelot has interesting moments. Certainly the character portrait is very interesting. However, I found other aspects of it (such as a constant stream of hints that the modern world is hopelessly degenerate) tiresome. It would be good for people who are interested in looking at the idea of evil and Hell from the Christian standpoint. I won't say it's a bad book, because it isn't. For some reason that I can't explain, it rubbed me the wrong way. "

" When I first read this book, some 30-odd years ago, I was intrigued by and identified with the main character. Picking it up recently, I read about 30 pages and was repelled by the same character as a whiny, self-involved narcissist. Now, I'm a bit apprehensive about re-reading any Percy. Just goes to show how a person and his perception of literature may change over the years - for better or worse. "

" My favorite novel, every time I reread it, I take something new from it. Percy's best. "

" So very dark, with a slender hope of relief, and next to none of the old humor. If you read it, do so after reading his earlier three novels. "

" Catcher in the Rye for adults "

" top 10 author of the century "

" A strange, strange book. "

" A well-written book that many people will enjoy. It just isn't my sort of book, but I still appreciate the writing. "

" Gripping, challenging and deeply unsettling. Beautiful writing. "

" Good psychological fiction about a man who is trying to understand how everything in his life went wrong. "

" This one was from the Lost reading list. Interesting. The entire book was narrated by "Lancelot" - a patient in a mental hospital after he killed his wife and lover. Not bad if you can get through some of the rambling. "

" I loved all the Louisiana and Old South references. But I hated wading through the marsh of the narrator's thoughts to get to the meat of the story. "

" I'm sorry. I am biased toward nearly everything Walker Percy has written and I love Southern story telling. "

" I really liked this book, Percy has an amazing writing style. Note this is definitely not a book for anyone but adults, it's unfortunate that I won't be able to keep this one on my book shelf! "

" It is difficult to really like a book when there aren't many characters you like. That was this book for me. "

" This book read like a book written in the last ten years. My husband and a friend talked about Walker Percy's foresight and his accurate prediction of many problems such as information overload and attitudes toward sex, love, and religion. Yes folks he takes on all three in this novel!! "

" Excellent! Thanks Nicole. "

" Perverted, worthless novel. I gained nothing from reading this book. "

" That an obsession with sex is not healthy and that killing people always has some self-defensive justification. "

" A silently intense story about revenge as science and mythology re-created, topped with idiosyncracies of the American south. "

" This book is a sort of catechism. Laura got me a first edition from Square Books for my first birthday with her. "

" Took me a long time to finish this one. Not my favorite Walker Percy book. "

" Working my way through "Sawyers list" (for LOST fans). "