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Review: Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Format Read: Trade PaperbackNumber of Pages:356Release Date:2001Publisher:Vintage CanadaFormats Available: paperback, hardcover, ebook, audioPurchasing Info: Amazon, Book Depository, Book Depository UK, Chapters

Blurb:

Yann Martel’s second novel, Life of Pi, appeared in Canada in 2001 to enthusiastic reviews and moderate sales. A year later, it came out of nowhere to win the Booker Prize and became an international publishing phenomenon (and Amazon.ca’s first blockbuster). In a wonderful display of storytelling verve, Martel takes a distinctly unpromising premise–a “story that will make you believe in God” about a boy trapped on a lifeboat with an enormous tiger–and pulls it off with complete and winning confidence.

My thoughts:

Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a book I’ve had sitting on my shelf for over a year, just waiting to be read (I purchased it that long …

Review,Yann Martel     18 Apr 2011 3 comments
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