{"product_id":"a-man-of-good-hope","title":"A Man of Good Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen civil war came to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, in January 1991, two-thirds of the city’s population fled. Among them was eight-year-old Asad Abdullahi. His mother murdered by a militia, his father somewhere in hiding, he was swept alone into the great wartime migration that scattered the Somali people throughout sub-Saharan Africa and the world. This extraordinary book tells Asad’s story. Tossed from one catastrophe to another, Asad’s journey covers countries and continents, from the cosmopolitan streets of inner-city Nairobi to the Ethiopian hinterland; and the promises and pitfalls of Johannesburg, South Africa, whose streets he believed would be lined with gold. Thus begins a shocking adventure in a country richer and more violent than he could possibly have imagined, leading to the final coda of America. Throughout, A Man of Good Hope is a complex, affecting, ultimately hopeful portrait of Asad’s search for salvation, suffused with dreams and desires and a need to leave something permanent on this earth.\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 133 x 203\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor: Steinberg Jonny\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 9780804171045\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 336\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bookhero.ae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46194134581401,"sku":"2RA9780804171045","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/5696\/6297\/files\/699d98f6dfec6_A_Man_of_Good_Hope.jpg?v=1771937448","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.ae\/products\/a-man-of-good-hope","provider":"Dubai - Buy Used\/Second-Hand Books - BookHero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}