'The Fortune Men is that rare novel that breaks your heart and, in so doing, gives you life.
' The Fortune Men is a novel on fire, a restitution of justice in prose.' - Financial Times 'Based on real events, Mohamed's novel is panoramic in its scope and rich in period atmosphere, vividly tracing the desperate livers of the victim and the accused.' - Mail on Sunday When Mohamed's prose - simple and full of soul - illuminated him, Mahmood emerges as a beacon of humour, hope and endurance.' - The Observer ' The Fortune Men confirms Mohamed as a literary star of her generation. 'In her determined, nuanced and compassionate exposure of injustice, Mohamed gives the terrible story of Mattan's life and death meaning and dignity.' - The Guardian A novel of tremendous power, compassion and subtlety, it feels unsettlingly timely.' - Pankaj Mishra ' The Fortune Men describes how innocence is forced to justify itself before gross injustice. Nadifa Mohamed deeply understands how lives are shaped both by the grand sweep of history and the intimate encounters of human beings.' - Kamila Shamsie, author of Home Fire 'A writer of great humanity and intelligence.
'Chilling and utterly compelling, The Fortune Men shines an essential light on a much-neglected period of our national life.' - Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 9780241466957 Number of pages: 384 Weight: 266 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 23 mm MEDIA REVIEWS And, under the shadow of the hangman's noose, he begins to realise that the truth may not be enough to save him. 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. But Mahmood is secure in his innocence in a country where, he thinks, justice is served. It is true that he has been getting into trouble more often since his Welsh wife Laura left him. So when a shopkeeper is brutally killed and all eyes fall on him, Mahmood isn't too worried. He is many things, in fact, but he is not a murderer. He is a father, chancer, some-time petty thief.
Mahmood Mattan is a fixture in Cardiff's Tiger Bay, 1952, which bustles with Somali and West Indian sailors, Maltese businessmen and Jewish families. Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2021 Waterstones Welsh Book of the Month for June 2022
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