Although Camus is remembered more as a literary author than a philosopher, I think this work is fantastic. It's influenced me and my thinking more than any other author (apart from perhaps Nietzsche and George Steiner). Because Camus is such a wonderful author it is also not a particularly difficult read, as opposed to, say, Sartre's philoÂsophical works (I do like Being and Nothingness, but he's really overdoing it), which makes it accessible for those who have not been educated in philosophy as well. The subject matter is also interesting for just about everything, which makes this altogether a pretty much perfect book.