The Fortune Men – Nadifa Mohammed
The 2021 Booker shortlisted novel from British-Somalian author Nadifa Mohammed. A powerful fictional re-imagination of the real-life Somali seaman Mahmood Mattan in 1954 who was wrongfully executed for a murder in Wales. The novel skilfully resounds the cyclicality of history and the prevalence of racial injustice that continues to plague our society.
The 2021 Booker shortlisted novel from British-Somalian author Nadifa Mohammed. A powerful fictional re-imagination of the real-life Somali seaman Mahmood Mattan in 1954 who was wrongfully executed for a murder in Wales. The novel skilfully resounds the cyclicality of history and the prevalence of racial injustice that continues to plague our society.
The 2021 Booker shortlisted novel from British-Somalian author Nadifa Mohammed. A powerful fictional re-imagination of the real-life Somali seaman Mahmood Mattan in 1954 who was wrongfully executed for a murder in Wales. The novel skilfully resounds the cyclicality of history and the prevalence of racial injustice that continues to plague our society.