Episode 10
Asuntha and her father were last seen as they leapt over the side of the ship into the sea. But Michael has never fully understood his cousin's role in those final dramatic days.
Written by Michael Ondaatje.
The Cat's Table follows the course of a 21 day voyage from Colombo to Tilbury on a luxury passenger ship called the Oronsay.
Asuntha and her father were last seen as they leapt over the side of the ship into the sea. But Michael has never fully understood his cousin's role in those final dramatic days; years later they meet and he is able to ask her what happened.
Abridged by Jill Waters
Read by Sam Dastor
Produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.
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- Fri 21 Oct 201122:45BBC Radio 4
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