The Moviegoer

This 1960 novel by Walker Percy is intriguing and prophetic. Binx Bolling seems to live life through the movies. (How much more can we do that today, rushing through several seasons of a TV show with Netflix on-demand viewing in just a couple of weeks.) Much of this story is hard to follow because it is such an interesting portrayal of a confused mind caught in the grips of despair without any real self-awareness of that condition. The main character's life only comes together through an almost accidental commitment to a woman that seems more messed up than he is. An interesting twist...