Insomnia, by: Tahar Ben Jelloun

A little sleep please... a little of this gentle enjoyable absence... a walk with the stars in total darkness. A screenwriter from Tangier suffering from severe insomnia. He discovers that killing someone allows him to sleep. His mother was the first victim. But the effect, unfortunately, fades over time... he has to repeat his act. The screenwriter becomes a hired sleeper. With utmost caution, he commits crimes he wants to be perfect, just like in the movies. And the more important the victim, the deeper and more peaceful the sleep. So the escalation begins. Will he manage to get rid of his insomnia forever? Nothing is guaranteed. A mistake in the script, and everything collapses. "A tremendous ability to evoke reality from fiction" Encyclopaedia Britannica "A delicious and sensual story about life and the passage of time" La vie.fr Al-Tahir Ben Jelloun, a Moroccan writer and novelist, winner of the French Goncourt Prize. Number of pages: 240