Publication

2003 - Kwela Books, Cape Town [South Africa]

Language

English

Word Count

75,750 words, Guess

Page Count

303 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC823/.914
  • LCCPR9396.9.F3 L56 2003

Description

Returning to Mogadishu, Somalia, from New York after a twenty-year exile, Jeebleh finds a troubled and devastated city ruled by clan warlords and patrolled by violent gangs of thugs.

First Sentence

Barely had his feet touched the ground in Mogadiscio, soon after landing at a sandy airstrip to the north of the city in a twin-engine plane from Nairobi, when Jeebleh heard a man make this curious statement.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction.

Other Editions

  • LinksKwela Books2003-01-01

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