In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company's 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality of the Penguin list and will hark back to Penguin founder Allen Lane's vision of 'good books for all'. Camus and his writing are intimately bound up with his native Algeria. These three essays evoke different aspects of the place - the title essay The Minotaur and The Return to Tipasa.