Michael Ondaatje

What this episode covers

His hotly-anticipated new novel is without question his finest to date. Launched worldwide at this event, The Cat's Table tells the story of a child and his journey from Ceylon to England on an ocean liner in the 1950s. As the child grows up into the realities of adult life, he looks back on his voyage as a symbol of the floating dream of childhood. Join the man who won the 1992 Booker Prize for The English Patient, to hear about a new book that's sure to be hailed as a modern classic.

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