Crossbones by Farah, Nuruddin

Crossbones

A gripping new novel from today's "most important African novelist" (The New York Times Book Review), the...
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Author: Nuruddin Farah
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Crossbones by Farah, Nuruddin

Crossbones

CHF 19.81

Crossbones

CHF 19.81
Author: Nuruddin Farah
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A gripping new novel from today's "most important African novelist" (The New York Times Book Review), the internationally acclaimed author of North of Dawn

A dozen years after his last visit, Jeebleh returns to his beloved Mogadiscio to see old friends. He is accompanied by his son-in-law, Malik, a journalist intent on covering the region's ongoing turmoil. What greets them at first is not the chaos Jeebleh remembers, however, but an eerie calm enforced by ubiquitous white-robed figures bearing whips.

Meanwhile, Malik's brother, Ahl, has arrived in Puntland, the region notorious as a pirates' base. Ahl is searching for his stepson, Taxliil, who has vanished from Minneapolis, apparently recruited by an imam allied to Somalia's rising religious insurgency. The brothers' efforts draw them closer to Taxliil and deeper into the fabric of the country, even as Somalis brace themselves for an Ethiopian invasion. Jeebleh leaves Mogadiscio only a few hours before the borders are breached and raids descend from land and sea. As the uneasy quiet shatters and the city turns into a battle zone, the brothers experience firsthand the derailments of war.

Completing the trilogy that began with Links and Knots, Crossbones is a fascinating look at individuals caught in the maw of zealotry, profiteering, and political conflict, by one of our most highly acclaimed international writers.



Author: Nuruddin Farah
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Published: 10/30/2012
Pages: 385
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780143122531
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
New York Review of Books 11/08/2012 pg. 41
New York Times Book Review 11/11/2012 pg. 52

About the Author
Nuruddin Farah is the author of ten novels, translated into over twenty languages, and has won numerous awards, including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. His work has been featured in The New Yorker and other publications. Born in Baidoa, Somalia, he lives in Cape Town.

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