The Meursault Investigation
Book • 2010
Published in French as Meursault, contre-enquête in 2013 and translated to English in 2015, this debut novel reimagines Albert Camus's classic The Stranger from a new perspective.
Narrated by the imagined brother of the nameless Arab senselessly murdered by Meursault, Daoud's novel gives identity to the victim and presents a dual portrait of the human condition as envisioned by Camus and reenvisioned by Daoud.
The narrative explores the brother's account of their mother's suffering and eventual retaliation seventy years after the 1942 murder.
Narrated by the imagined brother of the nameless Arab senselessly murdered by Meursault, Daoud's novel gives identity to the victim and presents a dual portrait of the human condition as envisioned by Camus and reenvisioned by Daoud.
The narrative explores the brother's account of their mother's suffering and eventual retaliation seventy years after the 1942 murder.
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