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Taibaoui Ahmed - The Disappearance Of Mr. Nobody A Novel - Paperback
Taibaoui Ahmed - The Disappearance Of Mr. Nobody A Novel - Paperback
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Description: Winner OF THE Naguib Mahfouz Medal FOR Literature A BEST NEW BOOK OF 2023 (THE NEW ARAB) A spare well - crafted and compelling (Samah Selim) novel in which a man in Algiers disappears without trace and the detective in search of him finds more than he expected In Rouiba a nondescript suburb of Algiers an unnamed man with a troubled past escapes his everyday life to find himself caring for an old man with dementia. When the man dies the carer disappears into thin air. A police detective is assigned to investigate the circumstances of the old man's demise and to track down the caretaker only to find that the unnamed man cannot be identified that there is no trace of Mr. Nobody. The officer's search leads him to those whose paths once crossed Mr. Nobody s. In each of them he finds a reflection of the man he is looking for. A raw lyrical portrait of life on the margins in contemporary Algiers this haunting noir captures an underworld of police informers shady imams bootleg beer traders and grave robbers and reverberates with echoes of Algeria's violent past.
Title: The Disappearance Of Mr. Nobody A Novel
Author(s): Taibaoui Ahmed
Publisher: American University In Cairo Press
Barcode: 9781649032140
Pages: 126 Pages
Publication Date: 1/3/2023
Category: Crime & Mystery
Description: Winner OF THE Naguib Mahfouz Medal FOR Literature A BEST NEW BOOK OF 2023 (THE NEW ARAB) A spare well - crafted and compelling (Samah Selim) novel in which a man in Algiers disappears without trace and the detective in search of him finds more than he expected In Rouiba a nondescript suburb of Algiers an unnamed man with a troubled past escapes his everyday life to find himself caring for an old man with dementia. When the man dies the carer disappears into thin air. A police detective is assigned to investigate the circumstances of the old man's demise and to track down the caretaker only to find that the unnamed man cannot be identified that there is no trace of Mr. Nobody. The officer's search leads him to those whose paths once crossed Mr. Nobody s. In each of them he finds a reflection of the man he is looking for. A raw lyrical portrait of life on the margins in contemporary Algiers this haunting noir captures an underworld of police informers shady imams bootleg beer traders and grave robbers and reverberates with echoes of Algeria's violent past.
Title: The Disappearance Of Mr. Nobody A Novel
Author(s): Taibaoui Ahmed
Publisher: American University In Cairo Press
Barcode: 9781649032140
Pages: 126 Pages
Publication Date: 1/3/2023
Category: Crime & Mystery