The Moviegoer and The Sportswriter

WBUR in Boston has a fascinating interview with Richard Ford on the book that changed his life.  Ford's Sportswriter tries to find some meaning -- he'll take warmth -- in the small things modern life has to offer over an Easter weekend.  Walker Percy's Moviegoer makes a similar existentialist value-quest in New Orleans in the 60's.  Love, sex, cars, desire, sports, restaurants, and food.  Both characters are alone in their wanderings; it is nice to know that Ford at least had Percy.