Once the heart of Algerian cultural life, where Camus launched his first book and the Free French printed propaganda during the war, Charlot's beloved bookshop had been functioning solely as government lending library for decades, and is now facing permanent closure...
Our Brilliantly Bookish novels can be ordered on their own or as part of a fabulous Go Away I'm Reading gift set including a bone china mug and cosy reading socks.
A moving celebration of books, bookshops and of those who dare to dream. In 1936, Edmond Charlot opened a modest bookshop in Algiers.
When a young man named Ryad empties it of its books, Charlot begins to understand that a bookshop can be much more than just a shop that sells books.
A Bookshop in Algiers charts the changing fortunes of Charlot's bookshop through the political drama of Algeria's turbulent twentieth century of war, revolution and independence.
