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Lancelot by Walker Percy
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bookshelves: unexpected-gems

A quirky and very unique and original book which grabs the readers attention right away. It is written in a great style that is easy to read, and full of intrigue, while being told in a tone of ironical humor. It offers a reflective look, from an interesting persepctive on what has become of our modern society, with a nostalgia for the values of the old where things made more sense.

A modern day rendition of the legend of Lancelot and the search for the Holy Grail, set somewhere between the 60s-70s the narrator of the story Lance (which happens to be short for Lancelot) becomes disillusioned with the world upon the discovery that his wife whom he had loved, was unfaithful to him. After receiving this crushing blow, Lance comes to believe that he no longer knows or understands what love is, and that in this new generation of free love and sexual liberation, in which women become as forward as men, and gender roles become confused, genuine love can no longer exisist.

He rebels against the new generation and refuses to accept the world as it is and so he sets out to start his own crusade against the era itself, and begin a new revolution to restore order to the world, and bring back some chivalry once more in the hopes that love can be rediscovered again.

The entire story unravels itself from within a mental insistution where Lance ended up after the discovery of his wife's infidelity.
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Reading Progress

December 17, 2009 – Shelved
July 29, 2010 – Started Reading
August 8, 2010 –
page 84
32.68%
August 11, 2010 –
page 100
38.91%
August 12, 2010 –
page 109
42.41%
August 14, 2010 –
page 129
50.19%
August 17, 2010 –
page 163
63.42%
August 19, 2010 –
page 182
70.82%
August 23, 2010 –
page 221
85.99%
August 24, 2010 –
page 229
89.11%
August 27, 2010 – Shelved as: unexpected-gems
August 27, 2010 – Finished Reading

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