{"product_id":"small-boat-a-novel","title":"Small Boat: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize, \u003cem\u003eSmall Boat\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful novel inspired by the true story of the 2021 English Channel disaster, in which 27 migrants lost their lives after repeated calls for help went unanswered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold through the voice of the French navy officer who received those calls, Vincent Delecroix's novel examines the ways people justify impossible decisions and the systems that allow responsibility to be endlessly deferred. As the officer defends her actions, the novel becomes a profound meditation on conscience, accountability, and the moral consequences of looking away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpare, unsettling, and deeply thought-provoking, \u003cem\u003eSmall Boat\u003c\/em\u003e asks one of the defining questions of our time: where does responsibility begin, and who bears it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVincent Delecroix is a French philosopher and award-winning novelist whose work explores ethics, history, and the complexities of human behaviour. \u003cem\u003eSmall Boat\u003c\/em\u003e, translated by Helen Stevenson, was shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize and is his first novel to appear in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMariner Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApril 21, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e128\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Fiction · Translated Fiction · French Literature · Political Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9780063491694\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45223025967286,"sku":"9780063491694","price":33.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/FullSizeRender_27e88725-cd9e-42f2-b062-b806cf420664.jpg?v=1783179503","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/small-boat-a-novel","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}