The author Michael Foley, whose book The Age of Absurdity went on sale in February, has a list on the Guardian’s blog of the top ten pieces of writing that, in his opinion, most accurately reflect the absurdity of life. We agree on all counts. Read the list after the jump. See the reasons on the original article. And give us your own additions in the comment box.
1. How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World by Francis Wheen
2. A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
3. The Magic Christian by Terry Southern
4. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
5. The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
6. The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien
7. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
8. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain
9. Bouvard and Pecuchet by Gustave Flaubert
10. Ecclesiastes