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.