'Stone among the stones, he returned in the joy of his heart to the truth of the motionless worlds'
Camus' astonishing early novel tells the story of a young Algerian who defies society's rules by committing a murder and escaping punishment, and then experiments with different ways of life on his journey towards a happy death 'without anger, without hatred, without regret'.
A Happy Death is in many ways a precursor of The Outsider, but it is also a candid self-portrait, drawing on Camus' youth, travels and relationships to create a rich picture of the sun-drenched Algiers of his childhood.
Winner of the Novel Prize for Literature.
