The Last Gentleman

"Splendid . . . A beautifully textured novel [and] a distinguished work of art . . . Percy's perception luminously lights up obscure depths of experience without at the same time explaining that experience away."—The New York Times Book Review

"Lovely and brilliant . . . A highly whimsical kind of picaresque tale that puts one in mind of both Faulkner and Canneau."—Joyce Carol Oates, The Nation

"Breaks your heart in the midst of laughter."—Philadelphia Inquirer

"Brilliant . . . It shimmers with the chaste and civilized ornaments of irony, understatement, and compassion."—Time