Koshkin table. Ondatja Michael

1950s, Colombo. An eleven -year -old boy named Michael rises to a ship who should take him to England. Crossing the water of the Indian Ocean, he will survive the first real immersion in the adult world.

“Koshkin table” delightfully, uncomplicated children's eyes is shown by real British society from the inside, with all his friends, children, adults, adults, Families, loners, artists, millionaires, robbers, with his intrigues, intrigues, secrets and unravels. And, perhaps, it is this exciting journey that will be the beginning of a trip to adulthood for the boy.