The Thanatos Syndrome by Walker Percy
The Thanatos Syndrome

Walker Percy

The Thanatos Syndrome

Walker Percy

372 pages first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction classics adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
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The 1990s. Euthanasia and quarantines for AIDS have become the norm. But can even this world sanction a substance that "improves" people\'s behavior and so reduces crime, unemployment and teen pregnancy? A riveting bestseller by the author of The ...

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