Staff Pick
In the Skin of a Lion (Vintage International)
Current price:
$19.00
Publication Date: January 14th, 1997
Publisher:
Vintage
ISBN:
9780679772668
Pages:
256
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Staff Reviews
This prequel to The English Patient is set in Toronto between World War I and World War II. The characters are from different cultures and classes, but have in common the experience of constructing mysterious backgrounds and veils. Ultimately they share fantastic encounters and adventures, both tragic and sublime.
—
Tom
Description
Bristling with intelligence and shimmering with romance, this novel tests the boundary between history and myth. Patrick Lewis arrives in Toronto in the 1920s and earns his living searching for a vanished millionaire and tunneling beneath Lake Ontario. In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. 256 pp.
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