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Led by James Naughtie, readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels

Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels

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Bookclub: Nadifa Mohamed: The Fortune Men

Nadifa Mohamed: The Fortune Men

BBC Radio 4 - Bookclub, Nadifa Mohamed: The Fortune Men

Nadifa Mohamed talks to a group of readers about her novel The Fortune Men.

James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Nadifa Mohamed about The Fortune Men.

Nadifa Mohamed joins James Naughtie and readers to talk  about her award-winning novel The Fortune Men.  Set in Cardiff in the 1950s, the novel is based on the real-life trial of Mahmood Mattan, a Somali seaman accused of murder.  It's a powerful, moving read and a dazzling portrait of a proud, bewildered young man and his life in Cardiff's Tiger Bay. 


Upcoming recordings:  

15 March at 1830 at BBC Broadcasting House, London: Tan Twan Eng will be answering questions about his novel The Garden of Evening Mists. 

19 April at 1300 at BBC Broadcasting House, London:  Sarah Winman on  her novel Tin Man 

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