1980 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Fiction Winner
![The Second Coming: A Novel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580962622-2217-image-3.jpg)
The Second Coming: A Novel
Walker Percy
A successful man’s midlife crisis may just provide a twisted path to happiness in this New York Times–bestselling novel by the author of The Last Gentleman. Now in his late forties, Will Barrett lives a life other men only dream of. Wealthy from a successf…
1980 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Fiction Shortlist
![A Confederacy of Dunces](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580866651-301-image-3.jpg)
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
![Bellefleur](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580872000-743-image-3.jpg)
Bellefleur
Joyce Carol Oates
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Darkness Visible
William Golding
![Smiley's People](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580959520-1961-image-3.jpg)