{"product_id":"the-disappearance-of-mr-nobody-9781649032140","title":"The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NAGUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATURE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA BEST NEW BOOK OF 2023 (\u003ci\u003eTHE NEW ARAB\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \"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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAhmed Taibaoui \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor at the Faculty of Economics, Business, and Management Sciences at the University of Bouira in Algeria. He was awarded the Tayeb Salih International Prize for Written Creativity (2014) for his novel \u003ci\u003eMawt na'im \u003c\/i\u003e(Death of a Sleeper), as well as the President of the Republic Award for Young Innovators (2011) for his novel \u003ci\u003eal-Maqam al-'ali \u003c\/i\u003e(The High Eminence). Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Prize for Literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Disappearance of Mr. Nobody\u003c\/i\u003e is Taibaoui's fourth novel and his English language debut. He lives in Algiers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator and former Reuters journalist. His previous translations from the Arabic include Khaled Al Khamissi's \u003ci\u003eTaxi\u003c\/i\u003e, Youssef Ziedan's \u003ci\u003eAzazeel \u003c\/i\u003e(Winner of the IPAF, 2009), Saud Alsanousi's \u003ci\u003eThe Bamboo Stalk \u003c\/i\u003e(Winner of the IPAF, 2013), Hammour Ziada's \u003ci\u003eThe Longing of the Dervish \u003c\/i\u003e(Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Prize), Ahmed Saadawi's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein in Baghdad \u003c\/i\u003e(shortlisted for the Man Booker International), Mazen Maarouf 's \u003ci\u003eJokes for the Gunmen \u003c\/i\u003e(shortlisted for the Man Booker International), and Hassan Blasim's \u003ci\u003eGod 99, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Madman of Freedom Square \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Iraqi Christ \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize). He lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hoopoe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50388027212050,"sku":"9781649032140","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b6b24dbf-082b-4a00-858b-44f0a82a9be8.jpg?v=1728886510","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-disappearance-of-mr-nobody-9781649032140","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}