Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis ch 5-8

Babbitt (Audio Book)
by Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951)

(Summary by Mike Vendetti) Sinclair Lewis' George F. Babbitt is a complicated and conflicted character. When you think you have his next move figured out he surprises you. As you begin to like him, he does something to evoke the "what a rat" response.

Male menopause wasn't a pre Great Depression term, but I would say George has all the symptoms. At a pudgy balding forty six he looks at his life, wife, family and business. He sees himself as a pretty successful business man, but when Tanis, the lonely widow has a leaky roof, he sees an opportunity for perhaps a more fulfilling relationship then he has at home. Add to Tanis a foray into radical politics, and we are about to witness an emotional and financial train wreck with Babbitt at the throttle.

This is a long story, but well worth listening to. Human nature hasn't changed much in the last ninety years.

Enjoy the novel,
Mike Vendetti

[clairegregory]

Chapter 6 35:25
Chapter 7 1:23:23
Chapter 8 1:48:15

[pilsudski]

It's easy to imagine Donald Trump at the Booster's Club, telling all of the Boosters: "We're gonna send all these foreigners in Zenith right back to where they came from!"