The Fool's Progress
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Henry Lightcap, a man facing a terminal illness, sets out on a trip across America accompanied only by his dog, Solstice, and discovers the beauty and majesty of the Southwest.
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It meanders a bit at times, and the misogyny is problematic, particularly in the first chapter, but dammit, it's a touching character study of a middle-aged man trying to come to terms with how he's lived his life juxtaposed with an appreciation of American nature that won me over in the end.
