Albert Caraco

Writer known for iconoclastic, corrosive prose that explores misanthropy, nihilism and the collapse of humanism; according to the review, he chose suicide, which occurred the day after his father's death.

The reviews portray Albert Caraco as an iconoclastic, corrosive writer whose works explore misanthropy, nihilism and the collapse of humanism. The writing is described as aseptic, classical and relentlessly critical of mass society, religion, science and art. The reviewer notes Caraco's solitary life and a chosen suicide, reportedly occurring the day after his father's death.

For:Readers of dark philosophy, bleak literature, aphoristic essayists and iconoclastic critics of modernity.