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.
| ISBN: | 9781913109370 |
| Publication date: | 23rd April 2025 |
| Author: | Vincent Delecroix |
| Publisher: | HopeRoad an imprint of Hope Road |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 122 pages |
| Primary Genre | General Fiction |
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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.
Small Boat features in the following genres: Fiction in translation, General Fiction, Refugees and political asylum
Paperback. £11.69, down from the £12.99 cover price. In Stock.
Small Boat was written by Vincent Delecroix and published by HopeRoad an imprint of Hope Road
Small Boat has 122 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. In Stock.
