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Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix; Vincent Delecroix is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Small Boat about?
In November 2021, an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants from France to the United Kingdom capsized in the Channel causing the death of 27 people on board. Despite receiving numerous calls for help, the French authorities wrongly told the migrants they were in British waters and had to call the British authorities for help. By the time rescue vessels arrived on the scene, all but two of the migrants had died. The narrator of Delecroix's fictional account of the events is the woman who took the calls. Accused of failing in her duty, she refuses to be held more responsible than others for this disaster. Why should she be more responsible than the sea, than the war, than the crises behind these tragedies? A shocking, moral tale of our times, Small Boat reminds us of the power of fiction to illuminate our darkest crimes. "In Delecroix's gripping novel, based on a real incident in the Channel in 2021, a troubled coastguard examines her conscience. Was she...
Who reads Small Boat?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Vincent Delecroix; Vincent Delecroix
- Publisher
- Small Axes
- Published
- 2025
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781913109462
- Category
- work of fiction
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