For 10 points, name this Southern author of The Moviegoer.
Probably the strangest book by this author contains diagrams like "The Decayed Orbit of the Lay Freudian" and lots of multiple-choice quizzes, and is a parody of self-help books which includes a semiotic analysis of the self. This author answers "Bad" when asked "What kind of Catholic are you?" in an interview with himself called "Questions They Never Asked Me," which is collected in a volume called Conversations with this author. In one of his novels, a descendant of Sir Thomas More invents a device called the ontological lapsometer. He wrote about the nervous tendencies of Will Barrett in a novel whose sequel is called The Second Coming. This author of Love in the Ruins and The Last Gentleman is best known for a novel about the existentialist search of a New Orleans stockbroker named Binx Bolling. For 10 points, name this Southern author of The Moviegoer.
Probably the strangest book by this author contains diagrams like "The Decayed Orbit of the Lay Freudian" and lots of multiple-choice quizzes, and is a parody of self-help books which includes a semiotic analysis of the self.
Walker Percy