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Mark Twain's The Mysterious Stranger...
In a way, it's sort of an Atheist's Book of Revelations.
I like to think of it as a philosophical submarine, running silent, running deep, stalking its prey until the last moment when it pops its periscope and fires its fish. On the nose!
Most people would think of it as a so-so comedy. In actuality it is an intensely philosophical book. But the philosophy is deeply hidden until you read the end. And suddenly you've take a half dozen philosphical topedoes, and are going down quick. All in 130 pages (or so).
Certainly worth a read.
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