THE QUEST


Book Description

An elderly widower who has mourned the loss of his wife for 2 years decides to seek a companion who meets his qualifications. His experiences at each venue that he visits during his QUEST vary from humorous to differences in opinions regarding social standards. Some of his experiences provoke flashbacks of his younger days compared to what exists today. His adventures at a singles bar, the zoo, a museum, a high school class reunion, Mardi Gras, a ball game, a Caribbean cruise and a tour of New Orleans provide educational and entertaining reading for young and old adults. He is confronted with a variety of female personalities and is challenged in deciding the suitability of each for a permanent companion. He, himself, ponders the results of his mission.










Literary New Orleans


Book Description

This is an altogether engaging collection of ruminations on early New Orleans writers -- George Washington Cable, Grace King, Lafcadio Hearn, and Kate Chopin -- as well as three prolific twentieth-century authors who called the Crescent City "home" at various times: William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, and Walker Percy. In the book's final essay, Lewis P. Simpson reflects on the history of New Orleans as a literary center, giving special emphasis to Percy's The Moviegoer and John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces.