Blog: Bush goes existential

Unbossed

It is being reported today that Bush has had to put down his summer reading, Albert Camus' "The Stranger" and a biography of Lincoln, to concentrate on the top three crises at hand: Lebanon, UK terrorists, and the war in Iraq. Rueters

But MSNBC reports that Bush has finished Camus' "The Stranger" and found it a quick read. Then he discussed existentialism with his aides, including Tony Snow.

He read Albert Camus's The Stranger, triggering a discussion about existentialism with his aides. "He found it an interesting book and a quick read," said Mr Snow. "I don't want to go too deep into it, but we discussed the origins of existentialism." MSNBC