Something about Elie’s interpretation of the book strikes me as off, particularly when he claims that those who read it as “a conversion story” do so on “slender evidence.”
To me, the most compelling sign that Binx has begun to respond to divine grace is that he marries Kate. I believe the dénouement of The Moviegoer, ambiguous though it may be, gives us hope that Binx, who hitherto had, as Hans Urs von Balthasar writes, “enter[ed] into relationships answerable only to his own psychology’s principle of ‘this far and no further,’” has a chance, in his marriage, to “grow, beyond himself, into real love, by modeling his life on the form enjoined.”
Von Balthasar makes a splendid glossator for Percy, in fact.
The fun part is, now that Binx has a Facebook page, I suppose we could just go ahead and ask him.
Doesn’t Gene Wolfe have a novel called something like The Mace of the Glossator?
I sent Binx a friend request, but I’m still waiting to be certified.
But do you at least follow William Holden on Twitter?
If I had a Twitter account, William Holden would follow ME.
‘In your era, you follow Bill Holden. In my era, Bill Holden follow you.’
Ha, thanks for reading. I wish I had been there, too.
This is why the next Korrektiv Konklave should include a webinar.