Ondaatje, Michael: The Cat's Table

In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy boards a huge liner bound for England. At meal times he sits at the lowly 'CAT'S TABLE' with an eccentric group of grown-ups and two other boys. As the boys become involved in the worlds of the adults around them, tumbling from one adventure to another, they uncover a mystery that will haunt them forever. The acclaimed author of THE ENGLISH PATIENT returns with a stunning novel about a life-changing journey, with the ocean liner a brilliant microcosm for the floating dream of childhood.