The Fortune Men
Nadifa Mohamed(Author)
Hugh Quarshie(Speaker)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. August 2022
Audio
CD-Audio
978-0-241-99908-0 (ISBN)
Description
Mahmood Mattan is a fixture in Cardiff's Tiger Bay, 1952, which bustles with Somali and West Indian sailors, Maltese businessmen and Jewish families. He is a father, chancer, some-time petty thief. He is many things, in fact, but he is not a murderer.
So when a shopkeeper is brutally killed and all eyes fall on him, Mahmood isn't too worried. It is true that he has been getting into trouble more often since his Welsh wife Laura left him. But Mahmood is secure in his innocence in a country where, he thinks, justice is served.
It is only in the run-up to the trial, as the prospect of freedom dwindles, that it will dawn on Mahmood that he is in a terrifying fight for his life - against conspiracy, prejudice and the inhumanity of the state. And, under the shadow of the hangman's noose, he begins to realise that the truth may not be enough to save him.
So when a shopkeeper is brutally killed and all eyes fall on him, Mahmood isn't too worried. It is true that he has been getting into trouble more often since his Welsh wife Laura left him. But Mahmood is secure in his innocence in a country where, he thinks, justice is served.
It is only in the run-up to the trial, as the prospect of freedom dwindles, that it will dawn on Mahmood that he is in a terrifying fight for his life - against conspiracy, prejudice and the inhumanity of the state. And, under the shadow of the hangman's noose, he begins to realise that the truth may not be enough to save him.
More details
Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
Audio CD
Dimensions
Height: 2 mm
Width: 9 mm
Duration
Dauer: 632 min
ISBN-13
978-0-241-99908-0 (9780241999080)
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Schweitzer Classification