LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 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 EmpirelandMahmood 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

入围2021年布克奖候选名单 "《财富之人》令人不寒而栗，完全令人信服，它为我们国家生活中一个被忽视的时期提供了重要的启示"，《帝国之地》的作者Sathnam SangheraMahmood Mattan是1952年加的夫老虎湾的固定人物，那里有索马里和西印度水手、马耳他商人和犹太家庭。他是个父亲，是个骗子，有时也是个小毛贼。事实上，他有很多身份，但他不是一个杀人犯。因此，当一个店主被残忍地杀害，所有的目光都落在他身上时，马哈茂德并不太担心。自从他的威尔士妻子劳拉离开他之后，他确实越来越经常陷入麻烦。但马哈茂德对自己的清白很有信心，他认为在这个国家，正义得到了伸张。只有在审判前，当自由的前景越来越渺茫时，马哈茂德才会意识到他正在为自己的生命进行一场可怕的斗争--对抗阴谋、偏见和国家的非人性。在绞刑架的阴影下，他开始意识到，真相可能不足以拯救他。纳迪法-穆罕默德深刻地理解了历史的宏大篇幅和人类的亲密接触是如何塑造生命的'《家火》的作者卡米拉-沙姆西'。

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