‘An existentialist classic … Retains a chilling, memorable power’ (The New York Times Book Review )
‘Sabato captures the intensity of passions run into uncharted passages where love promises not tranquillity, but danger’ (Los Angeles Times )
Heralded by Albert Camus and Thomas Mann and widely translated, "'The Tunnel'" is the brief, obsessive, sometimes delirious confession of a convicted murderer. (Robert Coover New York Times Book Review )