Prisoner No.1056

Prisoner #1056
Hardcover edition
AuthorRoy Ratnavel
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAutobiography
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherViking Canada
Publication date
April 18, 2023
Publication placeCanada
Media typePrint, e-book, audiobook
Pages272 pp.
ISBN978-0-7352-4572-3

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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