num_pages: 244
description: 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 adventures: searching for a missing millionaire, tunnelling beneath Lake Ontario, falling in love. 
language: English
title: In the Skin of a Lion
titlecomplete: In the Skin of a Lion
genres: Canada, Historical, Literature, Novels, School, Contemporary, Canadian Literature, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 17881
places: Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Trillium Book Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: CBC Canada Reads
publisher: Penguin Books