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Good morning. I recently read The Stranger, as my first taste of Camus. Could anyone explain to me a plot detail that I am confused by? (Not so much Camus' concept of "absurdity" as certain concrete details of the plot.)


I don't think I have a good understanding of how the fight with the Arabs began in the first place. I went back and re-read, and I think I found the key bit of dialog explaining it. If I'm right, it's on p. 40 of the hardcover of the Matthew Ward translation: "He'd [Raymond] been followed all day by a group of Arabs, one of whom was the brother of his former mistress." Just some vague thing about Raymond thinking that the Arabs want to fight with him, which leads to Raymond plotting to kill them in supposed self-defense. Is this the beginning? To my regret, I have a history of sloppy reading that misses key details.