Life of Pi by Yann Martel [FIRST EDITION] 2001

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

U.S. FIRST EDITION [2001] HARCOURT

20th printing. 

Hardcover with dust jacket in solid reading condition.   Dust jacket is in nice shape; some visible shelf / edge wear.   Book has some soiling and heavy scuffing to boards; but binding is tight and interior reads good as new. 

Winner of the 2002 Booker Prize.

When sixteen-year-old Pi Patel finds himself stranded in a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with only a menacing 450-pound Bengal tiger for company, he quickly realizes that the only way to survive is to make sure the tiger is more afraid of him than he is of it. Finding strength within himself, he draws upon all of his knowledge and cunning, battling for food and shelter, overcoming storms and disasters, and, in the end, making a peace of sorts with both tiger and ocean.