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The Fortune Men

• Nadifa Mohamed • ISBN 9780593467435

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The Fortune Men

• Nadifa Mohamed • ISBN-13 9780593467435

ISBN-10 0593534360 • 2022

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ISBN 9780593467435 • Completeness 48

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • Based on a true event, an intimate and harrowing novel about the last man in Cardiff to be sentenced to death In Cardiff, Wales in 1952, Mahmood Mattan, a young Somali sailor, is accused of a crime he did not commit: the brutal killing of Violet Volacki, a shopkeeper from Tiger Bay. At first, Mahmood believes he can ignore the fingers pointing his way; he may be a gambler and a petty thief, but he is no murderer.

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Publisher: Nadifa Mohamed
2022

Catalog notes

Contributor: of Black Mamba Boy and The Orchard of Lost Souls

Cultural context

Category: 20th Century British HistoryCategory: Biographical FictionCategory: Biography/BiographicalCategory: Historical FictionCategory: (knopf/Prh)Category: Legal HistoryCategory: Post-Colonial LiteratureCategory: Somali LiteratureCategory: Mahmood Mattan

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