Being Invisible | Social Concerns
Being Invisible displays Thomas Berger's vision of a world dominated by rudeness and vulgarity. The protagonist, Fred Wagner, is a gentlemanly fellow out of step with the times, whose kindness, naive idealism, and traditional values have made him a convenient victim for his more ruthless contemporaries. Longing to become a novelist, he toils at a secondrate job, writing advertising for a mail order catalog company. His aggressive colleague Jackie Grinzing has, despite lesser talents, climbed above him to become his supervisor. Even Wagner's charming wife, Carla, who still feels...
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