634. Mercier and Camier

Mercier and Camier
Samuel Beckett
1970
Around 130 pages

This is probably the most accessible Samuel Beckett novel there is, and yet, I still found it insufferable. I promise I will start liking entries again soon, but the 1970s aren't providing the warmest of welcomes.

Mercier and Camier are trying to leave the city, but keep getting delayed. I actually have a lot of nightmares like that, but this is supposed to be funny. Beckett always seems like he would rather be writing a play, and I guess he used direct quotes from this novel in Waiting for Godot.

I love a solid friendship providing a backbone for a novel, which is why I enjoyed this more than something like Watt. Watt actually makes an appearance here, which is about as welcome as a Mike Tyson cameo.

Anyway, I've established I don't like his writing, but you'll get to hear me say it a few more times on this List.

RATING: **---

Interesting Facts:

Beckett published an English translation in 1974.

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