In The Cat's Table (Knopf Doubleday, 288 pp.) 鈥The English Patient鈥 author Michael Ondaatje builds a gorgeous novel around the adventures of Michael, an 11-year-old boy on an ocean voyage from the former Ceylon to England. Michael鈥檚 life becomes intertwined with a fascinating cast of characters on the ship as his journey becomes a trip toward adulthood. Monitor critic Yvonne Zipp calls 鈥淭he Cat鈥檚 Table鈥 鈥渁 voyage highly worth taking.鈥 (CSMonitor.com, 11/10/11)