description: In the Skin of a Lion Audio (Read by Willem Dafoe)A haunting tale of passion, privilege and biting physical labour, of men and women moved by compassion and driven by the power of dreams — sometimes even to murder.Acclaimed stage and film actor Willem Dafoe played Caravaggio in Ondaatje's The English Patient.
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: Knopf Canada