The Boat
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| Originally published | May 13, 2008 |
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| Authors | Nam Le |
| Publishers | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Page count | 228 |
| Genres | Short Story |
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| ID | 2914024 |
About The Boat
The Boat is a collection of short stories by the Vietnamese-Australian writer Nam Le, published in 2008. It contains seven short stories taking place all over the world, from Colombia and the United States to Vietnam, Tehran, Australia and Hiroshima.
Two migrants die crossing Channel in small boat
... The Boat was spotted getting into difficulty, with several people in the water, less than a mile from the French coast early on Wednesday afternoon...
'Remarkable' Titanic menu sells for £84,000 at Wiltshire auction
... More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean on 14 April 1912, causing The Boat to sink...
Channel deaths: Government orders inquiry into mass drowning
... It said that might have contributed to the wrong assumption that people on board The Boat had been rescued by the Border Force...
Levi Davis: Missing rugby player's family say they live in hope
... A search was started but was later called off when no-one from The Boat was found to be missing...
Brixton village: How the 'Oxford Street of South London' evolved
... According to the National Archives, there were 1,027 people on board The Boat, and more than 800 of them gave their last country of residence as somewhere in the Caribbean...
Nyad: Netflix film follows swimmer who braved sharks and jellyfish
... Sharks, for example, are deterred thanks to a piercing audio signal being sent from The Boat...
River Danube: Ukrainian captain jailed after fatal river tour boat crash
... Seven of the 35 people on board were rescued and several bodies quickly recovered, but others were swept away in the swollen river or trapped inside The Boat...
World War Two: The Australian commando raid in Singapore
... Park The Boat off Singapore, then paddle into Keppel Harbour in collapsible canoes under cover of darkness...
Italy orders seizure of yacht linked to Putin
Italy has ordered the seizure of a $700m yacht linked to Russia's President Vladimir Putin .
The Scheherazade has been undergoing repairs at a port In Tuscany since September Last Year .
Italy's finance ministry said that The Boat 's owner had ties to " prominent elements of The Russian government".
It is being seized under EU sanctions brought over Russia's invasion of Ukraine that have seen other vessels confiscated.
The exact owner of the Scheherazade has not been established but US officials told the New York Times it could belong to Russia's president.
Supporters of The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have also linked the 140m vessel to President Putin.
Other reports suggest that the yacht, which has two helicopter landing pads and a Swimming Pool inside, is owned by Eduard Khudainatov , the former chief of Russian energy giant Rosneft who is not currently a target of EU sanctions.
Many superyachts are linked to Russian billionaires but ownership is shrouded in Secrecy - They are often registered through a series of offshore companies.
Several have already been seized by Western Countries .
Source of news: bbc.com
