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European writers seem to have more or less cornered the market on weary men sitting in bars ruminating about the pitfalls of modern existence. But Camus' writing has this wonderful charisma about it and he can make this kind of thing sound as fresh as ever. This is the rare sort of underground man that you actually feel more drawn to the more he reveals about himself and his views. Jean-Baptiste is cool precisely because he is so self aware, so honest about his doubts and nascent sense of guilt,
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Wow, what a mind-fuck of a good book. The human voice is the most atrocious sound in the world. This book is like an endless replica of that voice, turned into a little human bone, lodged in the human ear.
Just good. The Plague is - I think - better and at least more known.
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