{"product_id":"9781509823345-in-the-skin-of-a-lion","title":"In the Skin of a Lion","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePicador Classic\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-winning author comes the sparkling and lyrical predecessor to the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe English Patient.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by Anne Enright\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore the real city could be seen it had to be imagined, the way rumours and tall tales were a kind of charting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the 1920s, and Patrick Lewis has arrived in the bustling city of Toronto, leaving behind his Canadian wilderness home. 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. And he has his own adventures: searching for a missing millionaire, tunnelling beneath Lake Ontario, falling in love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Skin of a Lion\u003c\/i\u003e is Michael Ondaatje's sparkling predecessor to his Booker Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. Exquisite and musical, \u003ci\u003eIn the Skin of a Lion\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that challenges the boundary between history and myth. It is a stunning modern classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944559751265,"sku":"9781509823345","price":9.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29709832.jpg?v=1725696606","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781509823345-in-the-skin-of-a-lion","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}