Reviews

" What a pleasure it is to read a real novel ... The Thanatos Syndrome has the ambition and purposefulness to take on the world, to wrestle with its shortcomings, and to celebrate its glories."
-- The Washington Post Book World
" Spins along at a brisk thriller pace, laced with escapes and chase scenes and risky, ingenious detective work."
-- The New York Times Book Review
" He is a dazzlingly gifted novelist...Percy stages a lively medical mystery...that no serious reader will want to miss."
-- USA Today
" The Thanatos Syndrome resembles a crime novel but is more precisely a sparkling comedy and an intriguing philosophical novel...This is vintage Walker Percy, a writer for all seasons."
-- Newsday "From the Trade Paperback edition."

" What a pleasure it is to read a real novel ... The Thanatos Syndrome has the ambition and purposefulness to take on the world, to wrestle with its shortcomings, and to celebrate its glories."
-- The Washington Post Book World

" Spins along at a brisk thriller pace, laced with escapes and chase scenes and risky, ingenious detective work."
-- The New York Times Book Review
" He is a dazzlingly gifted novelist...Percy stages a lively medical mystery...that no serious reader will want to miss."
-- USA Today
" The Thanatos Syndrome resembles a crime novel but is more precisely a sparkling comedy and an intriguing philosophical novel...This is vintage Walker Percy, a writer for all seasons."
-- Newsday "From the Trade Paperback edition."

"What a pleasure it is to read a real novel ... The Thanatos Syndrome has the ambition and purposefulness to take on the world, to wrestle with its shortcomings, and to celebrate its glories."
-- The Washington Post Book World

"Spins along at a brisk thriller pace, laced with escapes and chase scenes and risky, ingenious detective work."
-- The New York Times Book Review
"He is a dazzlingly gifted novelist...Percy stages a lively medical mystery...that no serious reader will want to miss."
-- USA Today
"The Thanatos Syndrome resembles a crime novel but is more precisely a sparkling comedy and an intriguing philosophical novel...This is vintage Walker Percy, a writer for all seasons."
-- Newsday "From the Trade Paperback edition.