The Mayor of Mogadishu: A Story of Chaos and Redemption in the Ruins of Somalia

by Andrew Harding

Book Overview

This is a triumph of a book: surprising, informative, and humane. --Alexander McCall Smith

Stunning. --Foreign Affairs

Pieces together Nur's astonishing biography and follows him when he became mayor in 2010 and tried to restore confidence and bring back investment to the battered Somali capital. --NPR

"Part on-the-ground war reporting, part investigative biography,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250072344
• ISBN13: 9781250072344
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"