One boy one boat one tiger . . . After the tragic 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 zebra (with a broken leg) a female orang-utan - and
a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and
best-loved works of fiction in recent years.
