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Authors: Michael Ondaatje
In the Skin of a Lion (28 page)
– Do you want to drive? he asked.
– Me? I don’t know the gears.
– Go ahead. I’ll talk the gears to you till we are out of town.
– I’ll try it for a bit.
Hana sat upright, adapting the rear-view mirror to her height. He climbed in, pretending to luxuriate in the passenger seat, making animal-like noises of satisfaction.
– Lights, he said.
MICHAEL ONDAATJE
is the author of the novels
Divisadero, Anil’s Ghost, The English Patient, In the Skin of a Lion
and
Coming Through Slaughter
. His other books include
Running in the Family, The Cinnamon Peeler
and
Handwriting
. He lives in Toronto.
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