{"product_id":"a-man-of-good-hope-jonny-steinberg-9780804171045","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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eA Man of Good Hope \u003c\/i\u003eis 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonny Steinberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804171041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804171045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Jonny Steinberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054265790719,"sku":"9780804171045","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_acbc1486-9825-4aa7-ad5e-de2cb01e8545.jpg?v=1685028960","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-man-of-good-hope-jonny-steinberg-9780804171045","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}