First thoughts

The Cat’s Table: A Novel. Michael OndaatjeJonathan Cape, £16.99. Kindel $3.22

ALMOST 20 years since Sri Lankan-born Michael Ondaatje won the Booker Prize for The English Patient he’s back with his latest work, narrated by a writer named Michael.

Although The Cat’s Table is a fiction book, the author acknowledges it “uses the colourings of memoir”.