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Alexandra Fuller, author of Scribbling the Cat What a brave, important book. Steinberg's writing is so human, so humane and so honest. Through the remarkable tale of the truly astonishing character of Asad Abdullah, Steinberg returns all of us from the despair of distance to the dignity of brotherhood. Steinberg stands shoulder to shoulder with other great writers who have also made sensible and visible so much that might otherwise remain insensible and invisible out of the political and human tragedies all too common in Africa--Michela Wong, Ryszard Kapuscinski and Ishmael Beah. Steinberg's central question is one for all of us: what does it means to live a 'fully human life' and whom among us has either the courage or the luck to live that life?

Alexandra Fuller, author of Scribbling the Cat What a brave, important book. Steinberg's writing is so human, so humane and so honest. Through the remarkable tale of the truly astonishing character of Asad Abdullahi, Steinberg returns all of us from the despair of distance to the dignity of brotherhood. Steinberg stands shoulder to shoulder with other great writers who have also made sensible and visible so much that might otherwise remain insensible and invisible out of the political and human tragedies all too common in Africa--Michela Wong, Ryszard Kapuscinski and Ishmael Beah. Steinberg's central question is one for all of us: what does it means to live a 'fully human life' and whom among us has either the courage or the luck to live that life? Publishers Weekly South African journalist Steinberg vividly recounts one Somali man's experience of diaspora, resulting in a book that is part biography and part contemporary history. Steinberg first met Asad Abdullahi in 2010, in the wake of the South African riots that targeted the thousands of refugees, among them Asad, drawn there by the promise of a better life....Steinberg's thoughtful approach and Asad's attitude of droll resilience make for a tale that any reader can appreciate.

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JONNY STEINBERG was born and bred in South Africa. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Three Letter Plague, published by Vintage (also published under the title Sizwe s Test ), as well as Midlands and The Number, both of which won South Africa s premier nonfiction literary award, the Sunday Times Alan Paton Prize. Steinberg was also a recipient of one of the inaugural Windham Campbell Prizes. He teaches African Studies and Criminology at Oxford University.

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