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Title: Percival and the Presence of God by Jim Hunter, Raymond H. Thompson ISBN: 1-928999-14-X Publisher: Green Knight Publishing Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: The Wastelands brought to the sould
Comment: I love the Arthurian legends, from Geoffrey of Monmouth to the latest claptrap. The themes are timeless, the characters ever-mutating, and the styles used in presenting the tales tell us more of the writer's time than of Arthur's, assuming he even existed. This was a book I had heard of for many year, but had never been able to read. I would suggest that anyone reading this book already be familiar with the outlines of the Quest for the Holy Grail at a minimum; better yet, know your Chretien de Troyes very well and have a good grounding in the Arthur-as-Welsh-Celt school of writing. Aside from that, this is a very sparse book, not as in there is nothing to it, but the style and action is kept minimal. It ends more or less where Chretien ended his tales -- almost midsentence.

The tone is devastating. There seems little hope in Percival's world. There had been hope recently -- the evidence is all around, but it has passed. This is a tale of a quest incomplete, of a searcher thwarted. It is a sad tale, sad to the core, as blasted as the Wastelands.

Read it if you have a love for these tales, but keep a happier book nearby for afters...