That was the recipe for the Life of Pi a book written by Yann Martel.

I’ve just finished reading it and if you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend it. All in all a definite page turner that keeps your attention until the very last page. Using a highly unusual scenario (a 16 y/o boy gets trapped on a life vessel with a Bengal tiger, a Chimpansee, a Zebra and a Hyena), the author does a very good job at building up the tension until the end of the book, although the outcome is already known (the boy survives).

Interestingly, I came across a guy last week that had lived in Pondicherry. He could not confirm if there had ever been a zoo there.

[update - november 28] The more I think about this book, the better I like it. It has stuck all this time (well, it’s only been a month anyway, but that’s enough). I think this is going to be my 2007 favorite.