Six top fiction books that feature real-life characters

Stewart O'Nan's newest novel is West of Sunset.

One of the author's six favorite fiction books that feature real-life characters, as shared at The Week magazine:
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy

Just a cameo by William Holden on a New Orleans street corner is enough to launch Binx Bolling on his search for an authentic life. Percy captures our desire to see the actual reflected in fiction (in