Our Book of the Week this week, is Nadifa Mohamed's The Fortune Men, shows that innocence is no protection in the face of prejudice. Based on the true story of a British Somali dock-worker in 1950's Cardiff who was wrongfully hanged for the murder of a local shopkeeper, Mohamed's novel is full of resonant detail and explores issues full of relevance today. 
>>The book is short-listed for the 2021 Booker Prize. 

>>What do the Booker judges think? 

>>Killed by injustice. 
>>On writing The Fortune Men. 

>>On the story behind the book. 
>>Listen to an extract. 

>>Books were a safe place. 
>>"Modern-day Britain is intense."
>>Your copy of The Fortune Men.