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The Cat's Table

By Michael Ondaatje

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The Cat's Table

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In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the "cat's table"-as far from the Captain's Table as can be-with a ragtag group of "insignificant" adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship crosses the Indian Ocean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another, bursting all over the place like freed mercury. But there are other diversions as well: they are first exposed to the magical worlds of jazz, women, and literature by their eccentric fellow travelers, and together they spy on a shackled prisoner, his crime and fate a galvanizing mystery that will haunt them forever. By turns poignant and electrifying, The Cat's Table is a spellbinding story about the magical, often forbidden, discoveries of childhood, and a lifelong journey that begins unexpectedly with a spectacular sea voyage.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
290
Release Date:
2012-06-12
Publication Date:
2012-06-12
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0307744418
ISBN13:
9780307744418
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
365 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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