Product Description After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific.The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi - a 16-year-old Indian boy.The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years. Yann Martel's Life of Pi is a transformative novel, a dazzling work of imagination that will delight and astound readers in equal measure. It is a triumph of storytelling and a tale that will, as one character puts it, make you believe in God. Review Every page offers something of tension, humanity, surprise, or even ecstasy ?* The Times *A terrific book . . . fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore -- Margaret Atwood ?* Sunday Times *A unique and original story, brilliantly told ?* Guardian *Full of clever tricks, amusing asides and grand originality ?* Daily Telegraph *Ultimately uplifting ?* Daily Mail *Extraordinary...Life of Pi could renew your faith in the ability of novelists to invest even the most outrageous scenario with plausible life ?* New York Times Book Review *Martel's engaging characterization and vivid description enliven and enrich this dreamy, fantastic tale ?* The Times *Its appeal has endured, with a worldwide 'readalong' of the book next month and a moniker as a 'modern classic' to boot. The moniker, in this instance, is utterly deserved . . . Pi is bewitching, the tale both nihilistic and naïve, philosophical and playful, deeply moving while always treading the line clear of schmalz -- Arifa Akbar ?* Independent *Martel has a warm way of engaging with the reader -- Robert Burdock ?* RobAroundBooks.com * About the Author Yann Martel is the author of a short story collection,The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and of four novels,Self, Beatrice & Virgil, Life of Pi (for which he was awarded the 2002 Man Booker Prize), and his latest,The High Mountains of Portugal.Life of Pi was adapted for the silver screen by Ang Lee, garnering four Oscars. Martel also ran a guerilla book club with Stephen Harper, sending the former prime minister of Canada a book every two weeks for four years. The letters that accompanied the books were published as101 Letters to a Prime Minister. Martel lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with the writer Alice Kuipers, and their four children.