City of Thorns

by Ben Rawlence

Book Overview

Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Named a Best of Book of the Year by The Economist and Foreign Affairs
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist

The Dadaab refugee camp is many things: to the charity workers, it's a humanitarian crisis; to the Kenyan government, a "nursery for terrorists"; to the Western media, a dangerous no-go area. But to its half a million residents, it's their last resort....

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250118735
• ISBN13: 9781250118738
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Picador Paper
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.1"