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Author Nuruddin Farah is out with his 12th novel, "Hiding in Plain Sight." The story revolves around an African family facing extreme tragedy and grief.


The book begins with a Somali UN official dying in an explosion shortly after receiving threatening notes from a terrorist. 

Nuruddin, born in Somalia, joins The Daily Circuit to talk about his latest novel. He told 

 about telling the story of his native country through fiction:

"I go to Somalia a great deal, perhaps, in part, to feed my imagination and also to be in touch with the experiences that other Somalis go through on a daily basis," he said. "But, in terms of writing as a writer, there's always a daily challenge when one goes into one's studio to write. And the bravest thing, I think, for a writer is to face an empty page. Almost everything else is less challenging until it comes to ... someone close to you -- as close as Basra was to me -- fall[ing] a victim to terrorism."

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The book begins with a Somali UN official dying in an explosion shortly after receiving threatening notes from a terrorist.

Somali author Nuruddin Farah on 'Hiding in Plain Sight'

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