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The Cat's Table
By Michael Ondaatje
288 pages;
Vintage
In this nostalgic, seagoing adventure story, a boy crosses from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to England without the burden of parental supervision.
— Karen Holt
Published 09/20/2011