The cat's table

Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-

DAISY Sound Recording 2015

1950s. An eleven-year-old boy from Ceylon is sailing alone for England, and at mealtimes he is seated at the insignificant "cat's table" with two other boys and some strange fellow passengers, including a shadowy figure from the British Secret Service and a mysterious thief. The three boys rush from one wild adventure and startling discovery to another, experiencing the first stirrings of desire and spying on a notorious shackled prisoner. The se...

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ISBN:

9780616843086
0616843089

Edition:

DAISY edition
Computer data (103 files : 115 MB)

Description:

1 computer optical disc (8 hr., 19 min.) : sound ; 12 cm
digital optical
audio file CD audio
4 3/4 in

Notes:

Canadiana
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2011
Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials
Narrator: Terence Wilton
Audio and text
Peterborough, England : Royal National Institute of the Blind, 2014
Reproduced from: London : Vintage, 2012. 9780099554424
DAISY to DAISY
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software
Studio original

Control Number:

3066747

Other Authors:

Centre for Equitable Library Access (Canada)
Wilton, Terence

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