Writers as disparate as Henry Miller and William Burroughs celebrate Moravagine as a mordant and appallingly funny cautionary tale.
The title character is an amoral monster who seeks to rationalize his every desire. On the eve of the First World War an awestruck psychiatrist sidekick traverses the globe with Moravagine and narrates the tale of their schemes and scams. Originally written in French, the story flows beautifully-like de Sade with a nasty sense of humour.