Dear Mr. Harper

15 August 2006, 12:05 CST

Dear Mr. Harper,

Over his summer vacation, George Bush read Albert Camus' novel, The Stranger. White House spokesman Tony Snow has said that Bush enjoyed the book, and that it sparked some presidential discussions on the origins of existentialism.

In The Stranger, the main character Meursault shoots and kills an Arab under the glare of a hot Algerian sun. Once arrested, the authorities are baffled, and later enraged, by Meursault's lack of remorse.

One hopes that Bush doesn't misinterpret Camus' meditations on the absurdity of meaning in a meaningless universe.

What's on your summer reading list?

Thank you kindly.

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