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The Fortune Men von Mohamed, Nadifa

Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Of The Year Award
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2021

'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

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.

'A writer of great humanity and intelligence. 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 novel of tremendous power, compassion and subtlety, it feels unsettlingly timely' Pankaj Mishra

Autor Mohamed, Nadifa
Verlag Penguin Books
Einband Fester Einband
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
Seitenangabe 384 S.
Meldetext Lieferbar in ca. 10-20 Arbeitstagen
Ausgabekennzeichen Englisch
Masse H22.2 cm x B14.4 cm x D3.5 cm 498 g
Coverlag Viking (Imprint/Brand)
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Über den Autor Mohamed, Nadifa

Nadifa Mohamed, geboren 1981 in Hargeisa, Somalia, kam als Kind mit ihrer Familie nach London und studierte in Oxford Geschichte und Politik. 2010 erschien ihr Roman ?Black Mamba Boy?, der auf der Longlist des Orange Prize for Fiction stand und auf der Shortlist des Guardian First Book Award, des Dylan Thomas Award, des John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, des PEN/Open Book Award und den Betty Trask Award gewann. Nadifa Mohamed gehört mit einem Auszug aus ?The Orchard of Lost Souls? zu den 20 ?Best of Young British Novelists? der renommierten englischen Zeitschrift ?Granta?. Susann Urban ist, nach einem Studium der Germanistik und der Arbeit als Buchhändlerin, als freie Übersetzerin und Lektorin tätig. Zuletzt erschien ihre Übersetzung von Nuruddin Farahs Roman ?Gekapert?.

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