Michael Ondaatje entwines adventure, romance and history, real and invented, enmeshing us in the lives of the immigrants who built the city and those who dreamed it into being: the politically powerful, the anarchists, bridge builders and tunnellers, a vanished millionaire and his mistress, a rescued nun and a thief who leads a charmed life. This is 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. ... Just like Alice's story of several actresses sharing the animal pelt...

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

The markings of an adult cat surely would not change that much, unless maybe the pattern was not part of the animal's fur, but only a substance on its surface which, with time, could wear off and disappear. ...

• Word Count: 4324
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School