Life of Pi : a novel
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wide, wild Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, one zebra (with broken leg), an orangutan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker and Pi -- a 16-year-old Indian boy. As the "crew" begin to assert their natural places in the food chain, Pi's fear mounts, and he must use all his wit and daring to develop an understanding with Richard the tiger
Action and adventure fiction
1 online resource (xii, 319 pages)
9780156035811, 9780547416113, 0156035812, 0547416113
259715642
pt. 1. Toronto and Pondicherry
pt. 2. The Pacific Ocean
pt. 3. Benito Jur̀ez Infirmary, Tomatlán, Mexico