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Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt follows Moses, a young Jewish boy in Paris, who befriends Monsieur Ibrahim, a Muslim grocer. The grocer imparts wisdom and teaches Moses about happiness and Sufism. Moses transforms as he deals with a neglectful father and abandonment. Monsieur Ibrahim ultimately adopts him, and Moses inherits the store, adopts the name Mohammed, and grows into adulthood enriched by the grocer's lessons. Themes include sex work, suicide, and neglect.