The Stranger: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Albert Camus Classics)

by Albert Camus

But I fired four shots more into the inert body, on which they left no visible trace. And each successive shot was another loud, fateful rap on the door of my undoing.

This whole scene is so powerfully writen. It places you right in the moment and uses the heat and sweat to demonstrate the emotions he feels.