The Stranger

The Stranger is a quirky little book about a man with very few feelings who commits a murder.  Nothing seems to matter to him throughout the book, and he is quite detached from everything else, with a vaguely friendly attitude and a willingness to take whatever is thrown at him.  He cares not for extreme happiness or extreme hatred.  The whole thing has a slightly creepy air to it, but it lacks the passion of many books about murders.  The author must be skilled to pull off a first-person perspective about an amiable young man who cares about nothing and kills a man.  I don't quite know what to make of The Stranger.