REVIEW – A dark novel about the mysteries of Algerian history.
In Oran, on July 5, 2018, Independence Day, Colonel Soltani, specialized in the fight against terrorism, learned that a former FLN fighter was found dead in a villa in the Saint-Hubert district, renowned for its chic and cozy atmosphere. Suddenly he remembers the time, not so long ago, in the mid-1990s, when Algerians did not ask embarrassing questions in the face of such tragedies. “Who was he killed by? How did he die? Was his throat slit or shot? Did he die under torture? Which camp was he on? Was he fighting for or against the state?»
In the twilight of the Bouteflika system, people no longer slaughter and murder as simply as before. There is a shattered Libya, Mali, Islamist emirs recycled into banditry, cocaine trafficking, al-Qaeda in Pakistan, the Sahel full of dangers…
At the presidential palace of El Mouradia and among the senior officers of Dely Ibrahim, the headquarters of the intelligence services in Algiers…
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