GenevaBookClub: Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd.

GenevaBookClub: A murder thriller set in 1930s Brighton. The title is a reference to a confectionery traditionally sold at seaside resorts, used as a metaphor for human character. The novel ties into Greene's earlier 'entertainment' A Gun for Sale, Raven's murder of mob boss Kite, mentioned in A Gun For Sale, allows Pinkie to take over his mob and thus sets the events of the novel in motion.

GenevaBookClub: The Story of a Murderer: is about Jean-Baptiste Grenouille who the author strongly portrays as despicable and sub-human. He suffers from hyperosmia and has no body odour. Grenouille is only interesting in learning about and creating scents and has an incredible ability to distinguish individual scents even from great distances. He is repungnant to the others who meet him in France and he doesn't much mind as he is far more obsessed with obtainning and mastering the perfect scent - even if he has to murder to get it.