The continued popularity of The Rebel by Albert Camus (Penguin, £6.99 in UK) is testament to the enduring humanist qualities of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist's greatest work. First published in 1951, it is more than merely a polemical record of the history of human revolt, from the earliest rebellions of slaves to Marxist revolution. At its core is a dedication to the community of men, where "no cause justifies the killing of an innocent". Although isolated in the intellectual world and condemned in his native land by both sides of the Algerian conflict of the 1950s, his message remains true today. Back in the suburb of Algiers where he grew up the people continue to suffer from the horrors of conflict. They have no freedom during curfew on rue Albert Camus.