A terrific book. It's fresh, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore . . . not just a readable and engaging novel, it's a finely twisted length of yarn." The Book 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 wonder of storytelling and a tale that will, as one character puts it, make you believe in God.