Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

Sauk Centre MN (Sinclair's birthplace)

It is the quintessential 20th century American novel about man's relationship to money, status, and coming to grips with life meaning in middle age. Lewis is an unappreciated genius at capturing the zeitgeist of his time, the period before the economic collapse of the 1930's. I saw "The Big Short" last night, and was reminded that the more things change, the more they stay the same. The quest for striving, success, and fear of failure are the same nearly 100 years later.

Marjorie