Such a good read. The story describes the situation as an epidemic progresses in a town, from the perspectives of the local doctor, town administation, everyday people and military, and varies between experiences of a few people to those of the town. I've not encountered an epidemic story that gives as much coverage to ground level as it does to the high level before.

You'll likely note I'm writing this a week after a large portion of the world (40% of humanity) has gone into lockdown for the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. Despite the book being widely considered to be an allegory to the French resistance of Nazi occupation and/or a reworking of an actual cholera epidemic in the town of Oran 100 years earlier, I kept seeing references that people should read this book to get insights into what we're currently seeing in social and government spheres in response to COVID-19, and it's absolutely valid. There's much to be said for the view that people don't change.

It makes you think and is moving. Well worth your time, during or after the current situation.