![]() ![]() ![]() Halfway to Midway Island, the ship sinks into the Pacific, leaving Pi stranded on a life raft with a hyena, an orangutan, an injured zebra and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. In his 16th year, Pi sets sail with his family and some of their menagerie to start a new life in Canada. His curious mind also makes the leap from his native Hinduism to Christianity and Islam, all three of which he practices with joyous abandon. Growing up beside the wild beasts, Pi gathers an encyclopedic knowledge of the animal world. The peripatetic Pi (né the much-taunted Piscine) Patel spends a beguiling boyhood in Pondicherry, India, as the son of a zookeeper. Harcourt, $25 (336p) ISBN 0-15-100811-6Ī fabulous romp through an imagination by turns ecstatic, cunning, despairing and resilient, this novel is an impressive achievement-"a story that will make you believe in God," as one character says. A tinted review in adult Forecasts indicates a book that's of exceptional importance to our readers, but hasn't received a starred or boxed review. ![]()
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