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The Fall
by Albert Camus
A former Paris lawyer confesses in an Amsterdam bar: his vanity, his failure to act, and the judge-penitent's trap. Camus's darkest and most cunning novel.
Read it if…
you want a mirror held to your own self-regard.
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Skip it if…
you want hope; there is little.
Try instead: Nausea →
Three things you will actually use
- We judge to avoid being judged.
- Inaction is a choice.
- Confession can be a weapon.
Do this first
Read it twice; it changes.
Our verdict
A confession in Amsterdam.
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