6/12/2023 0 Comments The fortune men reviewIt is only in the run-up to the trial, as the prospect of returning home dwindles, that it will dawn on Mahmood that he is in a fight for his life - against conspiracy, prejudice and cruelty - and that the truth may not be enough to save him. Love lends him immunity too- the fierce love of Laura, who forgives his gambling in a heartbeat, and his children. But Mahmood has escaped worse scrapes, and he is innocent in this country where justice is served. Since his Welsh wife Laura kicked him out for racking up debts he has wandered the streets more often, and there are witnesses who allegedly saw him enter the shop that night. So when a shopkeeper is brutally killed and all eyes fall on him, Mahmood isn't too worried. by Nadifa Mohamed (Viking £14.99, 384 pp) What our critic said Based on the real-life miscarriage of justice suffered by Mahmood Mattan, a Somali sailor hanged for murder in 1952. He is many things, but he is not a murderer. He is a smooth-talker with rakish charm and an eye for a good game. Set in 1950s Cardiff, it examines the sad demise of Mahmood Hussein Mattan, a Somali seaman who. Mahmood Mattan is a fixture in Cardiff's Tiger Bay, 1952, which bustles with Somali and West Indian sailors, Maltese businessmen and Jewish families. This Booker longlisted novel is a reimagining of a true story. A murder, a miscarriage of justice, and a man too innocent for his times.
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