Congratulations to Nadifa Mohamed, who is shortlisted for the #2021BookerPrize with ‘The Fortune Men’ Chair of judges @Jasanoff says: ‘'The Fortune Men' takes us to a place we haven’t encountered on the page before: the docklands of 1950s Cardiff, jostling with Somali, Welsh, Jewish, Jamaican, and Indian communities, thrown together by the tides of empire and war. In the story of Mahmood Mattan, a Somali sailor accused of murder, Nadifa Mohamed creates a story as local as it is exhilaratingly global. Grippingly-paced and full of complex, richly-drawn characters, the novel combines pointed social observation with a deeply empathetic sensibility. 'The Fortune Men' demonstrates what historical fiction can achieve at its best—to get inside the head of the past—while implicitly yet urgently underscoring the present-day persistence of racism and injustice.’ #BookerPrize #TheFortuneMen @VikingBooksUK @PenguinBooks