{"product_id":"9780099563778","title":"A Man of Good Hope","description":"Author: Steinberg, Jonny\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780099563778\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Jan 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA powerful look at the impact of the Somali civil war on one man, who, having lost everything, refused to give up hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Asad was eight years old, his mother was shot in front of him. With his father in hiding, he was swept alone into the great wartime migration that has scattered the Somali people throughout the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis extraordinary book tells Asad's story. Serially betrayed by the people who promised to care for him, Asad lived his childhood at a sceptical remove from the adult world, living in a bewildering number of places, from the cosmopolitan streets of inner-city Nairobi to towns deep in the Ethiopian desert. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the time he reached the cusp of adulthood, Asad had made good as a street hustler, brokering relationships between hardnosed Ethiopian businessmen and bewildered Somali refugees. He also courted the famously beautiful Foosiya, and married her, to the astonishment of his peers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuoyed by success in work and in love, Asad put $1,200 in his pocket and made his way down the length of the African continent to Johannesburg, whose streets he believed to be lined with gold. So began an adventure in a country richer and more violent than he could possibly have imagined. \u003ci\u003eA Man of Good Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a person shorn of the things we have come to believe make us human - personal possessions, parents, siblings. And yet Asad's is an intensely human life, one suffused with dreams and desires and a need to leave something of permanence on this earth.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47322170785950,"sku":"UBD-9780099563778","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780099563778.jpg?v=1780447459","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780099563778","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}