Truth Is A Flightless Bird

President Obama's impending arrival to Nairobi is the
electric backdrop to this dazzling debut. Yet, beneath the
glittering celebrations, beats the pulse of a city aflame.
It is into this crucible that Nice (real name Theresa) lands, fleeing
her Somali drug-dealer boyfriend, her brutal UN work in
Mogadishu, and the life choices stalking her. So desperate is she to
flee that she involves one of her oldest friends, Duncan, an
American pastor heading a church in Nairobi. On
the way back from the airpo...