Life of Pi by Yann Martel

I chose to read Life of Pi by Yann Martel simply because it was one of the two books from the list that I already owned, although I've never read it. Here's the story according to the back cover of the book:

"After the sinking of a cargo ship, a single solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the surface of the wild, blue Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, an orang-utan, a zebra with a broken leg, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi Patel, a 16-year-old Indian boy. The stage is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction in the recent years, a novel of such rare and wondrous storytelling that it may, as one character claims, make you believe in God. Can a reader reasonably ask for anything more?"

Good question. I will answer it 354 pages from now.