This is not a comfortable read. Yes it is a novel – and very well written but its inspiration is a horrendous miscarriage of justice leading to the execution of a young Somali man in 1954. The portrait she creates of Mohamed Mattan is engaging, the prejudice and racism in the world of the Cardiff docks shocking. I wasn’t sure how much fact there was in the fiction but I do have to recommend it.
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 109 Summer 2023 ) |
