The Stranger

A 29-year-old man, accused of arranging a meeting with a 14-year-old girl through a social media platform on the island of Rhodes, was sentenced on Wednesday to 12 months in prison with a three-year suspension.

"Just think, we're talking about one of the most-read books in the world. My brother might have been famous if your author had merely deigned to give him a name… But no, he didn't name him, because if he had, my brother would have caused the murderer a problem with his conscience: You can't easily kill a man when he has a given name."

'The Meursault Investigation' by Kamel Daoud (Other Press, 143 pages, $14.95)