![]() ![]() Toronto: General Publishing, 1982, c1976. Awards and HonoursĢ011 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes–Fiction (Finalist) Looking back from deep within adulthood, and gradually moving back and forth from the decks and holds of the ship to the years that follow the narrator unfolds a spellbinding and layered tale about the magical, often forbidden discoveries of childhood and the burdens of earned understanding, about a life-long journey that began unexpectedly with a sea voyage. At night they spy on a shackled prisoner - his crime and fate a galvanizing mystery that will haunt them forever. As the ship makes its way across the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean, the boys find themselves immersed in the worlds and stories of the adults around them. At mealtimes, he is placed at the lowly “Cat’s Table” with an eccentric and unforgettable group of grownups and two other boys. ![]() In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy boards a huge liner bound for England. N Publisher’s Synopsis (from its website) ![]()
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