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The Mystery Guest
by Grégoire Bouillier
3.5/5
The story is mostly an internal monologue that begins when the author's ex-girlfriend calls to invite him to a party, ten years after abruptly leaving him. I love how he indulges in overthinking, trying to make sense of it all by drawing wild connections, spinning a narrative, and eventually coming to terms with it. He's so neurotic; the book is fast, funny, and tragic and left me dizzy. It even starts in a way similar to Camus' The Stranger: "It was the day Michel Leiris died. This would have been late September 1990, or maybe the very beginning of October, the date escapes me." And there are plenty of really witty lines throughout.
The story is mostly an internal monologue that begins when the author's ex-girlfriend calls to invite him to a party, ten years after abruptly leaving him. I love how he indulges in overthinking, trying to make sense of it all by drawing wild connections, spinning a narrative, and eventually coming to terms with it. He's so neurotic; the book is fast, funny, and tragic and left me dizzy. It even starts in a way similar to Camus' The Stranger: "It was the day Michel Leiris died. This would have been late September 1990, or maybe the very beginning of October, the date escapes me." And there are plenty of really witty lines throughout.