| Definition: | | Walker Percy This biography, written with Percy`s approval and assistance, encompasses the tragic early deaths of Percy`s mother and father, his adoption by Uncle Will, a noted writer and patrician, his education, his marriage to Mary Bernice Townsend, the couple`s conversion to Roman Catholicism, and Percy`s dogged determination to continue his career as a novelist and semiotician in Covington, Louisiana. more details ... |