Nerve-wracking tension ...

... instead of 'Glee': ‘You Deserve Nothing’ by Alexander Maksik - Book Review - NYTimes.com. (Hat tip, Ed Champion.)

Early on Mr. Maksik’s echoes of Camus are faint, but later, when he paraphrases and quotes directly from “The Stranger,” the parallels between Will and Meursault become nearly impossible to ignore. The novelist is not only modernizing “The Stranger” but demonstrating its enduring relevance ...