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Title: The Age of Selfishness
Review: Sartre's characters are shallow, self-centered worms bent on self-destruction. However, because of a broad streak of narcissism, they are unable or unwilling to do significant harm to themselves. As a consequence, they turn their destructive ambitions toward their unsuspecting, but nevertheless deserving, acquaintances. Each character is deluded in the belief that he or she is seeking some noble objective, for example Mathieu's quest for ultimate freedom, while in fact settling for cheap self-indulgence at others' expense. These characters are irredeemable and certainly not worthy of the several hours required to read Sartre's novel. One wonders which character, if not each of them, represents Sartre's alter ego.
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