A well written combination of prose and poetry outlining the life of Grey Owl. Written by a Canadian Aboriginal author adopting the voice of an English-born man who adopted the voice and persona of a Canadian Aboriginal in the early 1900s and became famous.
Ruffo's poetry in this book is wonderful and he manages to convincingly adopt not only the believable voice of Grey Owl, but also those of his many wives and friends. He weaves the story of a man who loses himself to the fictional person he has created, and asks at what point was it too late for him to turn back.