In 1998, his conviction was quashed.ĭrawing on Mohamed’s evocative prose, Quarshie captures the resilience of Mahmood as he attempts to clear his name, placing undue faith in a racist justice system and state that will do anything to preserve the status quo. His story is based on the case of the 28-year-old of the same name who, after a three-day trial, was found guilty and was among the last men to be hanged in Wales. After Violet is brutally murdered in her shop during a robbery, the finger is pointed at Mahmood, a gambler, petty thief and big-hearted father of three who lives in a boarding house for “coloureds” and is known among locals as “the ghost”.
The book is narrated by the actor Hugh Quarshie, who skilfully navigates a multicultural cast of characters including shopkeeper Violet, living through the aftershocks of Jewish genocide her sister Diana Diana’s young daughter, Grace Mahmood’s estranged wife, Laura and assorted police and prison officials.
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