A review by sujuv
In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje

4.0

A lyrical, poetic read. I very much enjoyed "The English Patient" but did not care for "Anil's Ghost," so I was uncertain how I would feel about this book. It took me into a world I knew nothing about - that of immigrant laborers building various public works structures in Toronto in the early part of the 20th century. In that Ondaatje planted a native Canadian who feels more at home with the immigrants than with his native countrypeople, and who falls in love with two very different actresses. It's hard to describe it any more than that in terms of plot, but then plot isn't really what I think about when I think of Ondaatje. Wonderful characters, a terrific sense of time and place, and beautiful writing.