In the skin of a lion
Michael Ondaatje
Literary Fiction / Historical Fiction
In the skin of a lion
by Michael Ondaatje
—· 243 p· 1987
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonreflectivehaunting
Overview
About
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.
Part of a series
The Toronto Trilogy
Vol. I · 1 of 3 volumes
VOL 2
2
II
Coming Through Slaughter
2 more volumes
Pages
243
Penguin Books
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Prose9
Historical Atmosphere9
Emotional depth8
Narration8
Interconnected Character Arcs8
Worldbuilding7
Pacing6
Plot twists4
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