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Seventeen-year-old (actually eleven‑year‑old) protagonist in early 1950s Colombo sets sail across the Indian Ocean toward England. On board, he takes his place at the ship's "cat's table", far from the Captain's Table, sharing meals with a ragged assortment of adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship passes through the Suez Canal and arrives in the Mediterranean, the narrative follows the boy's journey with simple scenes of shipboard daily life and the broader experience of ocean travel, reflecting the tension between childhood and impending adulthood.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Michael Ondaatje
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