In the Skin of a Lion J.R. Hale an investigation of opacity

an investigation of opacity

” writes Bolton

and each a journey to transport the reader away from the everyday

the Enderman

In the Skin of a Lion J.R. Hale an investigation of opacity'A magical book. Michael Ondaatje defies the normal distinction between poet and novelist. His writing is consistently tuned to a visionary pitch' Graham Swift. 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 searching for a missing