by Albert Camus
Paul Scofield gives a performance of "La Chute"
The novel translated by Justin O'Brien
Edited by Harry Moore

A one-time Paris barrister, now spending his days and nights in a bar in the sailors' quarter of Amsterdam, tells compatriot the story of his We expressing modern man's hypocrisy his need for justice, and the hope that, when judged, he be judged innocent.

In the figure of this self-styled judge-penitent' Camus has created one of the most disturbing characters of our time.

Backgrounds recorded in Amsterdam by Stichting Nederlandse Radio Unie