New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. dj. Hardcover - Sixth novel by this Booker Prize winning author, who was born in Sri Lanka but now lives in writes in Canada. In 1950 a young boy boards a ship bound for England in Columbo, and during the voyage he is seated at "the cat's table" - as far from the Captain's table as one can get. A story about the often forbidden discoveries of childhood, and the beginning of a life-long journey. 269 pp. ISBN: 9780307700117.