Love in the Ruins  and his final novel, both feature Dr. Tom More, spiritual descendant of the English martyr, who wanders through an America of the near future that has been twisted out of natural shape.
Born in Alabama he practiced medicine for a year before contracting tuberculosis. His time in bed  involved a great deal of serious reading and turned him onto literature. Essay collections include  The Message in the Bottle and Lost in the Cosmos. Will Barrett, the protagonist of The Last Gentleman and The Second Coming must reach through amnesia to an accommodation with reality. Love in the Ruins  and his final novel, both feature Dr. Tom More, spiritual descendant of the English martyr, who wanders through an America of the near future that has been twisted out of natural shape. FTP identify this writer of  The Thanatos Syndrome and the 1961 work The Moviegoer .
Born in Alabama he practiced medicine for a year before contracting tuberculosis.
Walker Percy