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Life of Pi

by Yann Martel

Following a shipwreck in the Pacific, a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra, an orang-utan, and a Bengal tiger. The narrative documents his struggle for survival against the elements while adrift at sea.

Accession 10242 ISBN 1841952834 Publisher Cannongate Books
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