The Fall by Albert Camus [1956 / FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING]

FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING [1956] VINTAGE BOOKS

First U.S. mass market paperback printing w/ some truly awesome cover art.  Translated into english by Justin O'Brien. 

Is it possible to die a happy death? This is the central question of Camus's astonishing early novel, published posthumously and greeted as a major literary event. It tells the story of a young Algerian, Mersault, who defies society's rules by committing a murder and escaping punishment, then experimenting with different ways of life and finally dying a happy man.