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    <![CDATA[Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed &quot;the nakedness of man faced with the absurd.&quot;  First published in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember loving this book as a teenager, and re-reading it this week, I have felt the same.  Meursault is one of the most fascinating characters I've ever read, and at the same time I've always felt a certain kinship to him.  Why isn't it okay to not care as deeply, or in the same way, as others, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2232246">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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