Exquisite and musical, In the Skin of a Lion is a novel that challenges the boundary between history and myth. In the Skin of a Lion is a love story and an irresistible mystery set in the turbulent, muscular new world of Toronto in the 20s and 30s.

Condition: Good Price: US 4.40 Buy It Now Add to cart Add to Watchlist Breathe easy. Here we encounter Hana the orphaned girl and Caravaggio the thief for the first time, as well as a large cast of other characters, all lovingly and intimately portrayed. In the Skin of a Lion - Paperback By Ondaatje, Michael - ACCEPTABLE. In the Skin of a Lion Be the first to write a review. And he has his own adventures: searching for a missing millionaire, tunnelling beneath Lake Ontario, falling in love.In the Skin of a Lion is Michael Ondaatje's sparkling predecessor to his Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. The relationship of form and content, especially class and politics, is examined in Michael Ondaatjes novel In the Skin of a Lion. In the Skin of a Lion Michael Ondaatje Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Fiction - 256 pages 26 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when. Immersed in the lives of the people who surround him - the immigrants building the city, as well as those who dreamed it into being - Patrick begins to learn, from their stories, the history of the city itself.

With an introduction by Anne EnrightBefore the real city could be seen it had to be imagined, the way rumours and tall tales were a kind of charting.It is the 1920s, and Patrick Lewis has arrived in the bustling city of Toronto, leaving behind his Canadian wilderness home.

In the skin of a lion