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The Cat's Table

by Michael Ondaatje
6 CDs. library ed. unabridged. Recorded Bks. 2011. ISBN 9780307943712. $45.75; 6 CDs. retail ed; Playaway digital; digital download. F
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In Booker Prize-winning Ondaatje's latest novel, 11-year-old Michael is put aboard a ship traveling from Sri Lanka to England in the 1950s. Ostensibly under the supervision of a relative, he in fact is on his own to roam with the young companions he meets at the "cat's table," the table farthest from the captain in the dining room. He and two other unsupervised boys have the run of the craft, where many unexplained and exotic things take place. Ultimately, they learn the hard way that their seemingly innocent actions have unintended consequences.
VERDICT Ondaatje does an excellent job of narrating; his reading is polished, using the first-person narrative very effectively. Recommended for the author's fans and for literary fiction readers. ["Ondaatje turns in a quietly enthralling work. Highly recommended," read the starred review of the New York Times best-selling Knopf hc, LJ 7/11.—Ed.]
Reviewed by Mary Knapp, Madison P.L., WI , Feb 15, 2012
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