Kamel Daoud

About the Author

Kamel Daoud was born in the northwest Algerian port city of Mostaganem, the oldest of six children in an Algerian Muslim family. Daoud spoke Arabic as a child but eventually studied French literature at the University of Oran. He currently lives in Oran, where he edits and contributes to the French-language daily newspaper Le quotidien d’Oran. Daoud is divorced and has two children. The Meursault Investigation is his first novel.

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The Meursault Investigation

The novel is narrated as a stream-of-consciousness monologue from the perspective of Harun, an elderly Algerian man. Harun’s older brother, Musa, was murdered by a Frenchman in 1942, while Algeria... view guide