An author who spent his early life living in a refugee camp in Sudan, his early teens in Saudi Arabia and then arrived in London as an underage unaccompanied refugee speaking no English, has told FRANCE 24 how he turned his life around, and how his books reflect the situations he has found himself in. Sulaiman Addonia went on to earn degrees in development studies and economics. His latest book "The Seers" tells the story of a homeless Eritrean in London, and the sexual encounters she faces as she tries to negotiate a foreign land. He spoke to us in Perspective ahead of his appearance at the Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company this Thursday.