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The Thanatos Syndrome (Love in the Ruins, Bk 2)
The Thanatos Syndrome - Love in the Ruins, Bk 2
Author: Walker Percy
When Dr. Tom More is released on parole from state prison, he returns to Feliciana, Louisiana, the parish where he was born and bred, where he practiced psychiatry before his arrest. He immediately notices something strange in almost everyone around him: unusual sexual behavior in women patients, a bizarre loss of inhibition, his own wife's ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374273545
ISBN-10: 0374273545
Publication Date: 4/1987
Pages: 372
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Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux (T)
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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SutterTom avatar reviewed The Thanatos Syndrome (Love in the Ruins, Bk 2) on + 191 more book reviews
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A very well paced mystery thriller, that is also very witty & Thoughtful at times, about a doctor who returns to his rural Louisiana home down after a long absence to find all the townspeople behaving strangely. With the help of his fellow physician cousin, he begins to uncover a criminal experiment to influence people's behavior by tainting the water supply.
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reviewed The Thanatos Syndrome (Love in the Ruins, Bk 2) on + 813 more book reviews
"Thanatos"in Greek mythology cheated "Death" by assuming to be an animal. Great prose with an interesting premise, it centers on a paroled psychologist who has at one time made a "breakthrough" discovery. Now he is faced with secret and illegal dealings by (what else) BIG money, BIG enterprise, BIG egos, and whatever. A nuclear power plant is adulterating the water supply, but to what end? The end will surprise you, the story entertain you, the theme disgust you. But, read it anyway.
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This was a very odd and original story. I'm sort of neutral on it, actually. the "mystery" part of it is not very interesting or convincing to me.
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"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
reviewed The Thanatos Syndrome (Love in the Ruins, Bk 2) on + 10 more book reviews
If you like thrillers about odd circumstances in life then you\'ll really enjoy this book. Doesn\'t quite build to the climax I\'d hoped for but the premise is very interesting.


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