It feels strange giving a Nobel-winning author only 2.5 stars, but in good conscience that's all I can do. This so-called novel, which you can read in an hour, offers precious little anything. The plot can be explained fully in 15 seconds and the characters would fit right on the X-axis (ie. they're one-dimensional). Hopefully Camus' other books are better, because this one certainly didn't generate much interest in me.