The Fall of Claymont

In Camus final novel, the fall, his narrator, Claymont's, is walking alone on a street in Amsterdam when he hears what sounds like a woman falling in to the water. One day after a triumphant appearance in court arguing for a blind client,. Claymont's gets the feeling he is being mocked and laughed at. These encounters are unrelated, but they contribute to a weakening of the illusions he has long held about himself. This realization is Claymont's undoing and the central focus of the book.