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Crossbones
by Farah, Nuruddin
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 1594488169
- ISBN 13
- 9781594488160
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 2011. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Uncorrected Proof. Signed by Nuruddin Farah on the title page with no inscriptiion; minor edge wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectible condition..
Synopsis
A gripping new novel from today's "most important African novelist". ( The New York Times Review of Books ) 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.
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Details
- Seller
- Hourglass Books
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 003894
- Title
- Crossbones
- Author
- Farah, Nuruddin
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- ISBN 10
- 1594488169
- ISBN 13
- 9781594488160
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- International Fiction
Terms of Sale
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- Uncorrected Proof
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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