The Immoralist

Gide's slim, simmering paean to a praxic ethos strength and beauty was completed this afternoon. The consumptive protagonist cures himself through going native in Northern Africa and, likely, behaving inappropriately with adolescents.
Am I being prudish? Likely just tired.

My wife just finished The Butt by Will Self. I bought it for her.

I will be reading more Zola