The Outsider by Albert Camus Paperback Book 9780241458853

One of those books that marks a readers life indelibly William BoydA compelling dreamlike fable GuardianIn The Outsider Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms Meursault his antihero will not lie When his mother dies he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others And when he commits a random act of violence on a sundrenched beach near Algiers his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and the law Yet he is as much a victim as a criminal