The Cats Table Summary
Michael Ondaatje

The Cat's Table Summary

Michael Ondaatje's 2011 novel, "The Cat's Table", is the coming-of-age tale of an ll year-old boy named Michael who takes a 21-day sea journey in the 1950s. Leaving his home on the island state of Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka), just south of India, Michael boards a passenger ship called the Oronsay bound for England, where he will be reunited with his mother. Michael's parents are divorced and have left him in...

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