Walker Percy's Questions

You may have heard the story of how I first came to read Walker Percy’s wonderful collection of essays The Message in the Bottle, but then again you may not (or you may simply not remember). Back in 1975 (almost fifty years ago!), when that book appeared, I read Hugh Kenner’s review of it in the pages of National Review. Before I had even finished the piece, I knew that this was a book I must read at the first opportunity. I