The fall

The Fall is Camus at his most piercing — a monologue from Jean-Baptiste Clamence, a once-successful Parisian lawyer who now roams the bars of Amsterdam, dissecting his past and his failures with brutal honesty. As his story unfolds, so does a deeper reflection on guilt, hypocrisy, and the ways we construct our moral identities. Sharp, unsettling, and elegantly written, The Fall forces readers to ask: What if we're not as good as we think we are?