Much has been written about Derrida's work, but little about the person himself. Benoît Peeters has taken on the task: based on interviews with over 100 companions and a comprehensive evaluation of Derrida's estate, the life story of one of the most important philosophers of the last century has emerged. Of course, Benoît Peeters recounts the numerous controversies that the philosopher, born in Algeria in 1930 and died in Paris in 2004, engaged in. Naturally, his philosophical ideas and concepts are discussed. Above all, and what makes this biography so exciting and breathtaking, Peeters was guided by questions like these: "What did he eat? Whom did he love? What were his fears, his longings, his quirks, and his wounds? Who were his true friends?" Peeters seeks out friends and enemies, travels, reads, and digs through archives. He reconstructs.