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MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION COPIES SOLD New York Times Bestseller Los Angeles Times Bestseller Washington Post Bestseller San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller Chicago Tribune Bestseller A story to make you believe in the soul-sustaining power of fiction.Los Angeles Times Book Review After the sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a wounded zebra, an orangutanand a 450-pound royal bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and beloved works of fiction in recent years. Universally acclaimed upon publication, Life of Pi is a modern classic.,
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Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for FictionYann Martel, the son of diplomats, was born in Spain in 1963. He grew up in Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Alaska, and Canada and as an adult has spent time in Iran, Turkey, and India. After studying philosophy in college, he worked at various odd jobs until he began earning his living as a writer at the age of twenty-seven. He lives in Montreal.
