In the Skin of a Lion (1987) (edit title/settings)

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• Patrick Lewis: A young boy, turned man who began life near Bellrock before traveling to Toronto. Became a "searcher" for Ambrose Small in 1924, among other jobs, such as a tunnel digger, a dynamiter, and a tanner. The thread character that weaves the stories of this novel together. His father, Hazen Lewis is both a dynamiter and a farmer and is a minor character.
• Rowland Harris: Commissioner of Public Works whose first child is the "Prince Edward" bridge/ Bloor Street Viaduct. Later had the dream of a tunnel beneath Lake Ontario. He represents certain power and political standing.
• Nicholas Temelcloff: The bridge daredevil that will complete difficult jobs with no fear. Later owns and works in a Bakery. He is an immigrant from Greece/Macedonia
• Ambrose Small: Canadian Theatre magnate, millionaire who disappeared December 1919. Sparked incredible investigation.
• Clara Dickens: radio actress, lover of Ambrose Small
• Alice Gull: Friend of Clara.Companion of PatrickCato, is her past lover, Hana's father, a memory and a minor character.
• Hana Gull: Alice's daughter
• Caravaggio: a thiefhis wife Gianetta is a minor character
• Kosta: Add a description of this character.
• Giannetta
• Nicholas Temelcoff
• Hazen Lewis
• Pomphrey

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• Depot Lakes and Napanee River-: Where the loggers work in winter and where Patrick and Hazen make their life early life
• Ohrida Lake Restaurant: A Macedonian bar in Toronto, run by Kosta, frequented by Nicholas
• Toronto: a place of bridge builders, tunnelers and immigrant workers. The infusion of people and their stories in the new world of the 1920s and 1930s
• Lake Ontario
• Paris
• North America
• Canada
• Upper America

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1. Michael Ondaatje (Author)

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• CBC Canada Reads (2002, #1)

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• Dewey: 813.54

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( O ) › Ondaatje, Michael
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary

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