This Times article linking the actions of Meursault (in The Stranger by Camus) and Zidane's now famous head butt in the final of the World Cup is worth a read. Meursault and murder (+ no remorse); Zidane and head butt (+ we don't know what he feels or doesn't feel) -- not, um, exactly the same thing, but interesting to see literary a tie-in to anything in The Times...
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
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