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Herbert R. Lottman. Albert Camus: A Biography. Corte Madera, Ca. Gingko. 1997. xx + 805 page + 16 plates. $24.95. ISBN 3-927258 06-7.
Herbert Lottman's life of Camus first appeared in French translation in 1978 with Les Editions du Seuil. In 1979 Doubleday published the English version, now several years out of print. The Gingko Press has performed a valuable service in reissuing (in paperback) this impressive work, the most "definitive" biography to date of the author of L'etranger. It contains a selection of thirty-one photos as well as a brilliant...