The cat's table
(Audiobook CD)
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Published
New York : Books on Tape, [2011].
ISBN
9780307943736, 9780307943712, 0307943739
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Blue Island Public Library - Stacks | AUDIOBK CD FIC OND | On Shelf |
Eisenhower Public Library District - Stacks | CD FIC ONDAATJE, M. | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Books on Tape, [2011].
Format
Audiobook CD
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (7 hr., 1 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9780307943736, 9780307943712, 0307943739
Notes
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Compact disc.
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Subtitle from container.
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Read by the author.
Description
In 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.
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AUDIOBOOK CD
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ondaatje, M. (2011). The cat's table (Unabridged.). Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-. 2011. The Cat's Table. Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-. The Cat's Table Books on Tape, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ondaatje, Michael. The Cat's Table Unabridged., Books on Tape, 2011.
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