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Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize | 2021 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Cardiff, 1952. Mahmood Mattan, a Somali seaman, is a small-time thief and family man living in Tiger Bay. When a Jewish shopkeeper is found murdered, Mahmood is arrested despite his innocence. The novel is based on the true story of the wrongful execution of Mahmood Mattan in 1952—one of the last men to be hanged in Cardiff.
About the Author
Nadifa MohamedBritish-Somali
Nadifa Mohamed is a British-Somali novelist born in Hargeisa, Somalia, in 1981. She moved to the United Kingdom at the age of four. She studied history and politics at Oxford University. Read more →
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