Alberto MoraviaLiterary Fiction · Fiction·1907–1990
The Conformist
Synopsis
Marcello Clerici is a man desperate to fit in, to be normal in a society rapidly descending into Fascism. He joins the secret police and accepts a mission to assassinate his former professor, an anti-Fascist exile living in Paris. As he navigates his double life, Marcello must confront the hollowness of his own existence and the moral compromises he makes to belong.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10
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