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Fortune Men

Fortune Men

by Nadifa Mohamed

"Based on a true event, The Fortune Men tells the intimate, harrowing story of the last man in Britain 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 ...

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

Format

352 pages

ISBN

9780241466957

Language

English

Features

Full color, 352 pages

Genres

English literature, Murder, Fiction, Judicial error, Immigrants

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