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In the Skin of a Lion

by Michael Ondaatje

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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. Michael Ondaatje entwines adventure, romance and history, real and invented, enmeshing us in the lives of the immigrants who built the city and those who dreamed it into being: the politically powerful, the anarchists, bridge builders and tunnellers, a vanished millionaire and his mistress, a rescued nun and a thief who leads a charmed life. This is a haunting...

First published 1987 McClelland & Stewart 240 pages
Category
Literature
Priority
Recommended
Author works
2
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16
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DDC 813.54 LCC PR-9199.30000000.O5 Canada, fictionFictionFiction, generalPoorToronto (ont.), fiction
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ISBN 9781551995427 English
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