In the Skin of a Lion - Ondaatje Michael - 1988

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256 pages. Minor water damage to covers and text. Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. Pages are reasonably tanned. It is the 1920s, and Patrick Lewis has arrived in the bustling city of Toronto, leaving behind his Canadian wilderness home. He immerses himself in the lives of the people who surround him, learning, from their stories, the history of the city itself. 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. It is here that we encounter, for the first time, Hana the orphaned girl and Caravaggio the thief, among a large cast of characters who are all lovingly and intimately portrayed. It is an exquiste and musical novel, a romance that challenges the boundary between history and myth. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN: 0330301837. ISBN/EAN: 9780330301831. Inventory No: 19020113. By: Ondaatje Michael Year: 1988 Visit our website to view thousands more products like this and order online at: