Adventure in Suicide

Adventure in Suicide incorporates in one volume all the issues found in other first-person novels of the what-is-the-meaning-of-life school (chapter one) it provides a response both to these other novels and to the issues they raise about outsiderism and the duality of human nature (chapter two) and it offers one logical outcome of this resolution (chapter three). Bellows Dangling Man Goldings Free Fall Camuss Stranger Sartres Nausea—what are these books about? With what human predicament are they grappling? To answer these questions Vivelos novel restates the problem in basic form and presents the resolution in simple blunt terms by a character who has intimately experienced and worked through the issues.The unnamed protagonist explores various avenues—physical adventure sexual indulgence intellectual and artistic pursuits—in his quest for significance and heightened consciousness. He comes finally to a startling conclusion. Steel yourself for the impact.