Love in the Ruins: The Adventures of a Bad Catholic at a Time Near the End of the World.
Percy, Walker. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971. Softbound. Design by Guy Fleming. As a young man, Percy, along with best friend, historian Shelby Foote, traveled to Oxford, Mississippi, to visit William Faulkner, an experience that left the awestruck younger novelist watching speechlessly as Foote and Faulkner engaged in lively conversation. This, his third novel, is a vision of a hyper-fragmented future that rings truer than ever, and features cover art by the highly versatile Janet Halverson, known for her iconic first editions of Joan Didion's Play It as It Lays and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Tight, square spine has some cosmetic creasing. Clean, unmarked interior. Areas of moderate to heavy edge-wear and a few small areas of soiling to the edges. 403 pp. Featured Rare & Collectible.
