Hiding in Plain Sight (novel)

For the 2010 book by Juha Suoranta, see Hidden in Plain Sight. For the 2020 nonfiction book by Sarah Kendzior, see Hiding in Plain Sight (Kendzior book).
First edition (publisher Riverhead Books)
AuthorNuruddin Farah
LanguageEnglish
PublisherRiverhead Books
Publication date
2014
Pages342
ISBN9781594633362
OCLC884631101

Hiding in Plain Sight is a 2014 novel by Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah. The novel follows the experience of Bella in the wake of a terrorist attack that kills her brother, Aar, a Kenyan UN worker in Mogadishu.[1] After the death, Bella returns to Nairobi to help care for her brother's family. The ensuing conflict between Bella and her brother's widow becomes a central element of the novel.[1] Hiding in Plain Sight is Farah's twelfth novel.[2]

  1. ^ a b Lalami, Laila (2014-11-21). "Nuruddin Farah's Hiding in Plain Sight". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  2. ^ Kaye, Marcia (2014-10-26). "Twelfth novel by writer many say deserves a Nobel Prize takes a look at family ties and public violence". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781.