Only one lifeboat survived the sinking of the Japanese freighter heart of the Pacific Ocean. The boat crammed five survivors: Orange - an orangutan, hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, a huge Bengal tiger named Richard Parker and Pi Patel, an Indian boy was 16. This little boat is the main setting of this wonderful novel, whose power could light a reader faith in God, as one of the heroes. What else can the reader ask himself? Faye life is outstanding literary work narrated in a rare and wonderful talent. Yann Martel, son of diplomats, grew up in Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Alaska and Canada, and as an adult lived in Iran, Turkey and India. He studied philosophy at Trent, and at age 27 took time to write. ,pi life is his third novel.