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Showing posts with label The Moviegoer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Moviegoer. Show all posts

Thursday, November 26, 2020

Rotten Tomatoes

 The characters in Walker Percy's "The Moviegoer," are the first time I've never liked any of them. None of them had any redeeming features.  Well, what do I know.  It's only a story.

The main character, Binx, was a dud. I keep thinking that there should be more to this story but if there were, I missed it. It was an easy read. I liked the descriptive detail, especially when Percy was describing a person. His diction is precise. I really got a flavor of the south in the 1960s.

I guess that's why this book is considered an existential classic.


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