text: The protagonist of this novel is the title subject of a 2013 "Counter-Investigation" by Kamel Daoud.
full_question: The protagonist of this novel is the title subject of a 2013 "Counter-Investigation" by Kamel Daoud. Near the end of this novel, the protagonist answers affirmatively to the question "Do you really live with the thought that when you die, you die, and nothing remains?" posed to him by the Chaplain. On a "night alive with sand and stars", this novel's protagonist opens himself "to the gentle (*) indifference of the world". A railway worker in this novel who loses his scab-covered dog, Salamano, later testifies along with Marie at a trial resulting from the protagonist's having used Raymond's pistol to fire five shots. This novel opens with the line "Mother died today". For 10 points, name this novel in which Meursault shoots an Arab in Algeria, written by Albert Camus.
first_sentence: The protagonist of this novel is the title subject of a 2013 "Counter-Investigation" by Kamel Daoud.
raw_answer: The Stranger [or The Outsider or L'Étranger]