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Jeebleh is returning to Mogadiseio, Somalia, for the first time in twenty years. But this is not a nostalgic trip - his last residence there was a jail cell. And who could feel nostalgic for a city like this! U.S. troops have come and gone, and the decimated city is ruled by clan warlords andp atrolled by qaat0schewing gangs who shoot civilians to relieve their adolescent boredom. Diverted in his pilgrimage to visit his mother's grave, Jeebleh is asked to investigatethe abduction of the youngcdaughter of one of his closest friend's family. But he learns quickly that any act in this city is much more complicated than he might have imagined. 334p.