Life of Pi

An extraordinary novel about a Pondicherry zoo-keeper's son who loves his idlis and coconut chutney, shipwrecked and floating at sea and surviving in a 26 ft. life boat along with a tiger for 227 days. The Canadian writer Yann Martel has taken the idea from a Brazilian novel, and turned the idea into a story as colourful, fascinating, and thought-provoking as the sight of a Royal Bengal tiger.

The book is un-put-downable. No wonder it won the Man Booker Prize, and has sold 7 million copies. There is a pictorial illustrated version, and you can see samples here.

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