NMLP P-021836 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

In the Skin of a Lion

Michael Ondaatje · McClelland & Stewart (Toronto) · 1987

True first is the Canadian M&S 1987 edition, preceding the US Knopf (1987, the first American edition) and the UK editions. This is the novel that introduces characters later carried into The English Patient.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-021836 for "In the Skin of a Lion" by Michael Ondaatje (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-021836, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).