The Life of Pi

Written by Yann Martel, the book is about a boy who is shipwrecked at sea for 227 days until he finally lands in Mexico.
The book begins in Pondicherry, India, where Pi (Piscine Mollitor Patel) spent his childhood in exploring animals kept by his father at the zoo and religion. Due to disturbances in the country, they decide to leave for Canada for a new life, but faces an accident at sea, when Pi loses all family and is left on a boat with a hyena, zebra and a lion called Richard Parker. Hyena kills the zebra and lion kills hyena and finally it is Pi and Richard Parker left. Pi resorts to living at the sea with the fishing and other emergency supplies that are stored in the boat to stay away from Richard Parker and escape being eaten by him. He also uses tricks that he learnt working at the zoo to survive.
Along the journey, he lands in a carnivorous island, sleeps with a whole bunch of animals, gets blinded for time, gets his eyesight, starts getting hallucinations and finally reaches Mexico. From there he is brought for questioning. And he faces a whole other turmoil with distrusting officials.
From time to time, there is reference to the current life that Pi is leading with his family.
And most of the discussion in the book seemed interesting way of looking at things. I particularly liked the part where he discusses whether animals truly love the wild or do they love the cage? An interesting read.