The Life of Pi

Just finished reading The Life of Pi. I highly recommend it. It's about an boy from India who is a survivor of a shipwreck in the Pacific Ocean. His father owned and operated a zoo in India, and was immigrating to Canada, because he didn't agree with the politics of Indira Gandhi when she was in power. He has arranged to sell most all of the zoo animals to zoos in Canada and the US, so the animals are on the ship along with Pi's family. After the shipwreck Pi is on a lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan, and an adult Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Yes, the book is weird, but it's a great story. The author tells how he came to hear about Pi, and how Pi's story will make you believe in God. A tall order, but he accomplishes it.
- posted by Marcos @ 1:07 PM