First published in France in 1973, Jean Raspail’s novel The Camp of the Saints is one of those books many talk about but very few appear to have actually read. After a long period out of print, rumored to be for political reasons, the book has circulated for years in the form of PDFs and older copies, and thus the basic plot may seem oddly familiar, due to it having been crudely and superficially “mined” as a source text for various right-wing polemics. Now it has reentered the public eye via a new edition and translation from Vauban Books.

Simply put, it presents the “Great Replacement” in a condensed and dramatic form, where an armada of a million Ganges paupers sets sail and lands on the coast of Southern France, leading to an extraordinary collapse and surrender by almost the

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