Book review - Life Of Pi By Yann Martel

'It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion'.

This is the line that reverberates around my head from Yann Martel's masterpiece 'The Life Of Pi'.

Piscine 'Pi' Molitor Patel is an Indian boy from Pondicherry who after exploring issues of religion and spirituality, has to draw on what he has learned to survive 227 days in a lifeboat after the ship he was travelling on suddenly sinks at sea.

Pi is not your average Indian teenager. The son of the Pondicherry zoo keeper, Pi spends his days learning about working with and raising exotic animals. He has an insatiable appetite for learning and concurrently explores and converts to Christianity, Islam and Hinduism, taking what he need from each to help him understand his life, his family and himself.

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