Now already a classic, says The Guardian. This novel gives a face to the nameless dead man from "The Stranger" by Albert Camus: The old man, who tells his story night after night in a bar in Oran, is the brother of the Arab who was shot on a beach in Algiers in 1942 by a certain Meursault - in one of the most famous novels of the 20th century. Seventy years later, with all the anger, fear, and frustration of a life lived in the shadow of that death, the old man restores his brother's name and tells a story that is inextricably linked to the history of Algeria, yet at the same time so touching and personal that one cannot put the book down. The award-winning novel has been one of the literary sensations of recent years and is already considered a classic.