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A cavalcade of finery, from existential nihilism to haunted funeral attire.

May 22, 2016 by ingres77 7 Comments

I’ve fallen further behind in my reviews than I ever have. So, I’ve decided to do what I did for The Dresden Files: combine my reviews into one giant post. Is that cheating? I feel like that’s cheating. The longer I drag this out, though, the more I’m likely to fall behind. The Stranger, by Albert Camus (5 stars) Firstly, I read this because it’s one of the most frequently cited great novels from French literature. In my quest to read more classic novels this […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: albert camus, Chinese, Elmore Leonard, existentialism, French, hard science fiction, Heart Shaped Box, horror, japanese, joe hill, Keigo Higashino, liu cixin, Philosophy, Pronto, read harder challenge, rock n' roll, Stephen King, The Devotion of Suspect X, the stranger, the three-body problem

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: albert camus, Chinese, Elmore Leonard, existentialism, French, hard science fiction, Heart Shaped Box, horror, japanese, joe hill, Keigo Higashino, liu cixin, Philosophy, Pronto, read harder challenge, rock n' roll, Stephen King, The Devotion of Suspect X, the stranger, the three-body problem ·
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