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cmcrockford 's review for:
The Moviegoer
by Walker Percy
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Reading this and it's hard not to frame it in light of other "well-off men in search of meaning" books and stories, with arguably Mad Men - openly influenced by this novel - finally killing the genre. Still a damn fine novel with fine prose, gleeful/reverent condemnation of Southern bourgeois manners, with a Trauma Plot decades before that was a thing, though the ending felt too conventional. A New Leaf, speaking of films and media, did it better.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Terminal illness
Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Suicide attempt, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content