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008			110706s2011 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2011020820
020			_a9780307700117 _qhbk. : alk. paper
020			_a0307700119 _qhbk. : alk. paper
035			_a16859275
035			_a(OCoLC)697261660
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050	0	0	_aPR9199.3.O5 _bC38 2011
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100	1		_aOndaatje, Michael, _d1943-
245	1	4	_aThe cat's table / _cMichael Ondaatje.
250			_a1st U.S. ed.
260			_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2011.
300			_a269 p. ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"This is a Borzoi book."
520			_aIn 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 table"--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 makes its way across the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another, bursting all over the place like freed mercury. But there are other diversions as well: one man talks with them about jazz and women, another opens the door to the world of literature. The narrator's elusive, beautiful cousin Emily becomes his confidante, allowing him to see himself "with a distant eye" for the first time, and to feel the first stirring of desire. Another Cat's Table denizen, the shadowy Miss Lasqueti, is perhaps more than what she seems. And very late every night, the boys spy on a shackled prisoner, his crime and his fate a galvanizing mystery that will haunt them forever. As the narrative moves between the decks and holds of the ship and the boy's adult years, it tells a spellbinding story--by turns poignant and electrifying--about the magical, often forbidden, discoveries of childhood and a lifelong journey that begins unexpectedly with a spectacular sea voyage.
650		0	_aOcean travel _vFiction.
655		7	_aAdventure fiction. _2gsafd
655		7	_aBildungsromans. _2gsafd
655		7	_aSea stories. _2gsafd
655		7	_aFiction. _2lcgft _0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026339
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