scattershot or anatomizing?

In his last chapter "Descent into Hades" (i.e. Straight to Hell) William E. Jones not only places Boyd McDonald in the tradition of Cynic philosophers but also his work as a whole (and implicitly Jones' own book too) into Northrop Frye's fourth genre of literary prose—the Anatomy:

The intellectual structure built up from the story makes for violent dislocations in the customary logic of narrative, though the appear-ance of carelessness that results reflects only the carelessness of the reader or his tendency to judge by a novel-centered conception of fiction.

(Jones quoting Frey on page 194 of his True Homosexual Experiences). I regret having been unable to attend the discussion of this book, thereby learning perhaps how well discussants took this point into account.

Meanwhile, however, I want to highlight what any reader of Holleran's review will have noticed (and thanks to Steve for posting it), namely
Charles Hefling's wonderful caricature of the Reverend Boyd,

bringing to mind Sméagol's own moment in his turn to Golem.
(Hobbits are such dirty creatures!)