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  • Hardcover: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Riverhead Books; First Edition edition (September 1, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1594488169
  • ISBN-13: 978-1594488160
  • Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.4 x 9.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,520,460 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsI like books that take me to different places/times
By db on November 4, 2015
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I like books that take me to different places/times. This book is a remarkable insight into the conflicts in Somalia [Ethiopia, Eretria] from the vantage point of 3 Somalis who are U.S. citizens temporarily returning to Somalia for personal and professional reasons. The dangers they face from competing groups of Islamic extremists, warlords, assassins and foreign invaders are chilling. Especially enlightening was the description of Somali piracy operations and the plight of American youth recruited to join terrorist militants. The characters continuously confront the questions: whom can I trust, for whom/what am I willing to risk everything.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGripping human account of Somalia
By Geoff Crocker on October 23, 2014
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This is a ravaging and yet beautiful book. Nuruddin Farah begins with a deep rich descriptive prose which is worth taking the time needed to fully appreciate. He then moves into faster narrative which sets out the human cry, the struggle to exist in social conflict where imams, warlords, invaders and the omnipotent USA vie for control, with indifference to any human ethic.

Farah also sets the pressing issue of Somalian sea piracy in context, arguing its root cause in the global exploitation of Somalia's fish stock, and claiming that the beneficiaries are not the pirates themselves, but financiers in the developed world.

For the ordinary person negotiating such social disruption, compromise is often unavoidable and outcomes terrible. But the human spirit, however thwarted, however distorted, dimmed and weakened, prevails. People can still care, can remain committed to each other, can show hospitality and generosity. Humanity can and does transcend its own social artefact.

Geoff Crocker Editor Atheist Spirituality web site
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4.0 out of 5 starsSomalia is in deep trouble and educating ourselves is a good start of how to help
By Amazon Customer on March 31, 2016
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Read it. Learn something about your world that you do not know.
We were unaware of the true plight of the Somalian people and this book is well researched and based on numerous articles as are listed in the appendix. We met the author who is a thoughtful and humorous speaker.

Somalia is in deep trouble and educating ourselves is a good start of how to help.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFantastic!
By Mark Nenadov on May 3, 2013
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A complex, tragic account of life in modern Somalia. I loved it. Farah is a great writer and he's done a fantastic job of portraying his characters. The author bleeds both grief and love for his homeland. I've read this book as a part of my attempt to read a number of African novels this year. This is the first one, and I'm simply blown away! Even though this book weighs in at 400 pages, at no point did I find the narrative tedious or dull.
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