A review by chapp010
Love in the Ruins by Walker Percy

2.0

Not my favorite Walker Percy book, by far, but an interesting apocalyptic narrative, based heavily on the maniacal, alcohol-laden, revelations of Dr. Tom More. Some of the archetypal character pieces, on which the book relies heavily, are a touch antiquated, overly-writ, and too reductionary to correspond completely with an America I know. Also, Percent's hopeful plot device, the laps-o-meter, the "stethoscope of the soul" More designs to cure worldly ills, fails to captivate.