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Here's some recommended reading:

>Laurus
>The Master of Hestviken
>The End of the Affair
>Silence
>The Power and the Glory

>tfw I can pay my way out of hell

Haven't read the first two, I'll have to check it out. Evelyn Waugh is an under appreciated Catholic writer. His comic novels are hilarious, and brideshead is essential Catholic reading too. Also, I never see anyone mentioning walker Percy around here. He's the type of Catholic writer that I think general Veeky Forums might like

>walker Percy

Why don't you tell us more about him, then, friend?

sigrid undset

Not catholic but currently halfway through this book.

Feels good man.

Southern Catholic writer, mostly preoccupied with existentialism. His debut novel The Moviegoer won the national book award. He has an interesting biography in that both of his parents committed suicide. His books reflect a world where suicide is a real option, but not in the edge lord hollebeq nihilist way. He was not a particularly strong writer in terms of aesthetic achievement, but his books are a sort of Catholic response to Sartre and Camus, however the Catholic nature of his books is often found in the background or between the lines. The moviegoer, the last gentleman, love in the ruins, and Lancelot are worth checking out in that order -- though the moviegoer is a bit dry. He also wrote a non fiction book Lost in the Cosmos which is part satire of self help books, part essay on existentialism and semiotics.

Morte d' Urban was a fun read. A worldly Chicago priest is assigned to a run down retreat in rural Minnesota. I know a comedy about priests is a tough sell on Veeky Forums but it is funny and well written.

Also there's a chance that Cormac McCarthy had The Last Gentleman in mind while writing Suttree. There is a character in TLG named Sutter who has run away from life and shares the same philosophy as McCarthy's Sut.