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Inspired by a real tragedy, this gripping and powerful novel examines the moral cost of complicity through the inner life of a coast guard worker who rationalizes her decision not to help stranded refugees.
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize
“A gut-punch of a novel…Small Boat explores the power of the individual and asks us to consider the havoc we may cause others, the extent to which our complacency makes us complicit – and whether we could all do better.”
—The 2025 Booker judges
A singular, gut-punching parable for our times about complicity in the face of tragedy, based on the true story of a French navy officer who ignored distress calls from migrants drowning in the English Cha...
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