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I added Camus' "The Stranger" which, as I recall, is also narrated by the author.
"The Stranger" is a first person narration, but does Meursault ever actually engage with the reader (i.e., address the reader directly, as if telling his story in conversation rather than in book form)? As I recall, it is rather his extreme withdrawal and disconnectedness that characterizes the book ...
I think perhaps a description of the criteria for this list would be helpful, as "involved narrator" can be interpreted many different ways. My interpretation was that this list is for those books with intrusive narrators who speak directly to the reader, interrupt the story with side notes and explanations, and who are basically separate (though often anonymous) characters.
