oxytocin commented on The Plague by Albert Camus (Modern library college editions)
The Plague (French: La Peste) is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that …
By the way, I'm fairly certain this book doesn't pass the Bechdel test (two [named] women talking to each other about something other than a man). Which fits the war allegory (if you interpret Oran as the "front" of the war), but can still be annoying.