A review by libellum_aphrodite
Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow

2.0

I found Henderson reminded me of a tolerable version Ignatius from A Confederacy of Dunces (Henderson even dons a hunting hat indoors at one point). In my opinion, Henderson is Ignatius with some motivation, or, to keep in the spirit of the book, grun-tu-molani. While I despised Ignatius to the core of my being, so much that, 3 years after reading, I remember nothing of the story except my piercing hatred of Ignatius, I appreciated Henderson for his determined quest to understand life. His noble intention made me root for him despite his continual short-sightedness (exemplified well by his failure to realize he would blow the water out of the Arnewi's basin along with the frogs) and abrasive demeanor. I was rooting for him to find the meaning he searched for and calm the voice that said "I want, I want."