"The Outsider" (also known as "L'Étranger") is a thought-provoking novel by Albert Camus, first published in 1942. The book is a seminal work of existentialist literature, exploring themes of absurdity, morality, and the human condition. The story revolves around the protagonist, Meursault, a disaffected and detached young man who commits a senseless murder on a sun-drenched beach.