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A Washington Post Significant Nonfiction Guide for 2011 A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Entire Year 2011 TitleTiger, Lion is just a Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction title for 2011A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2011 title One summer evening, Margaux Fragoso fulfills Peter Curran in the community pool, and they start to perform. She's eight; he's fifty one. Chris encourages her and her mom to his home when, the small girl discovers a heaven of an intricate yard yard and exotic animals. Her mom, beset by emotional disease and overrun by patient for Margaux, is thankful for the interest Chris lavishes on her, and he produces an innovative world for her, muchas Lewis Carroll did for his real life Alice.In period, he insidiously takes on the part of Margaux’s playmate, father, and lover.