 Cohen-Solal points to the integral link between philosophy and fiction in her description of the 'deft enunciation of philosophy at the very heart of fiction' (Cohen-Solal 0000: 0). Sartre also tells us that this relationship is a unique one in that the absurd (for Camus) and contingency (for Sartre) operates without justification or explanation: 'Camus is not concerned about justifying what is fundamentally unjustifiable' (Sartre [0000] 0000: 00). Sartre's implication is that the 'descriptive' power of the absurd is enough to convey a philosophy of the absurd. Philosophy