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I am Natasha's complete lack of surprise asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 8 years ago

Know any books with absurd/antihero protagonists?

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  • ImaHarper
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    Don Quixote was the first and gave us the word quixotic(great word for all scrabble players!)

    Quixotic

    1: foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action

  • Christopher F
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    Meursault in THE STRANGER by Albert Camus fits the bill.

    A less well-known example, but still a good one, is Fast Eddie Felson, the title character of Walter Tevis' novel, THE HUSTLER.

  • Jelani
    8 years ago

    Artimis Fowl wuz okay...

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