Author:Theodore Taylor,Kenny McKendry
THE CAY is a tense and compulsive survival story by Theodore Taylor of a young boy and an old man adrift on the ocean, then marooned on a tiny, deserted island. It is also a fascinating study of the relationship between Phillip, white, American, and influenced by his mother's racial prejudices, and the black man upon whom Phillip's life depends.
Genuine, imaginative retellings . . . Everything jumps to life in front of your eyes
—— Ted HughesThe best ever rendering of the Greek myths in modern English
—— The Guardian