Why was Ben Okri so keen to adapt L'Étranger, Albert Camus's dark novel about the killing of an Arab, for the stage? He talks about his battle with the French writer's daughter, his days living on the streets " and the swearword that saved his lifeAs the child of a mixed marriage growing up in Nigeria during the country's civil war, Ben Okri had a powerful introduction to the dangers facing the outsider. His fath…
