Set against the backdrop of the civil war in Somalia, SECRETS is a stunning, revelatory novel by Somali writer Nuruddin Farah, the author of several acknowledged classics of modern African fiction. Teeming with myth and metaphor, SECRETS goes deep into the culture and mind-set of a continent and reveals a world that is a stimulating mix of the exotic and the familiar. Farah writes in English and is called a true master of the language.