2023 memoir by Roy Ratnavel
Prisoner #1056 Hardcover edition
Author Roy Ratnavel Language English Subject Autobiography Genre Non-fiction Publisher Viking Canada Publication date
April 18, 2023 Publication place Canada Media type Print, e-book, audiobook Pages 272 pp. ISBN 978-0-7352-4572-3
Prisoner #1056: How I Survived War and Found Peace is a memoir by Roy Ratnavel , a Sri Lankan Tamil Canadian war victim and business executive.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Prisoner #1056 narrates Ratnavel’s immigrant story, fleeing from torture and imprisonment, arriving in Canada with $50 in his pocket, and then rising from the mailroom to the executive suite.[ 11]
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