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Just finished Greybeard by Brian Aldiss, need on @AlexD's recommendation. Definitely an interesting premise and I enjoyed parts of it but I didn't love it. I think I found the overly English writing style a bit annoying. Phrases like "jolly close" etc. Probably just a product of it's time.
I also finished Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell recently which I was pretty in to. I read it immediately after Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller, it was interesting to see two very different perspectives of poverty in Paris in the early 20th century. Orwell is a lot more reserved.
I also finished The Stranger by Camus the other day. I've not ready any Camus before but have ordered a copy of The Plague off the back of how much I enjoyed The Stranger. It's interesting to see the similarities to Sartre despite their apparent rivalry.