26/08/2011 GMT

The Gaddafi era is over - after four decades of dictatorship Libyans have an opportunity to dismantle his republic of fear and build something better. But will they?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Hisham Matar, a Libyan novelist whose own father remains one of the disappeared of the Gaddafi regime.

How quickly can Libyans heal their country's wounds?