The Last Friend

A Novel TAHAR BEN JELLOUN Translated from the French by Kevin Michel Cape and Hazel Rowley P ENG U IN B O O K S P

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The Last Friend A Novel

TAHAR

BEN JELLOUN

Translated from the French by Kevin Michel Cape and Hazel Rowley

P ENG U IN B O O K S

PENGUIN BOOKS

Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y 3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) • Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London \VC2R ORL, England • Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen's Grem, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) 0 Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pry Ltd) • Penguin Books India P vt Ltd, I I Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi- I IO 017, India 0 Penguin Group (NZ), cnr Airborne and Rosedale Roads, Albanv, Auckland 1310, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) • Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pry) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England First published in the United States of America by The Free Press 2006 Published in Penguin Books 2007 3

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Copyright © Editions de Seuil, 2004 Translation© The New Press, 2006 All rights reserved Translated by Kevin Michel Cape and Hazel Rowley Originally published as L