The Cat’s Table (Vintage International)
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 tableâ€â€”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 adven More »