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= Plot= In the final part of the novel, Mr. Okamoto and Mr Chiba come to interview Pi at Benito Juarez infirmary. They are there on behalf of Japan and want to learn more about the sinking of the Tisimtsum. Pi goes on to describe the events: The boat sinking,him living on a lifeboat for 227 days in the middle of the Pacific ocean while living with a tiger,orangutan,hyena and a zebra. They have a hard time beliving the incredible story and leave the room temporary. After they return they inform Pi the story isn't believable. He asks why and they say bananas can't float. As a result of that Pi proves that they indeed can float by doing it right in front of them. They also don't believe there is a carnivorous island. Pi uses a vens fly trap as an example and says if you hadn't seen one of those you wouldn't think they existed. their final argument is the missing tiger. Pi's response is that animals go missing all the time. After arguing back and forth, Pi has enough and makes up a story with his mom, a cook and a french sailor on the boat. In which the cook kills his mom and the sailor and he kills the cook and eats part of his body. After some thought the two men believe Pi's first story, much to his relief. = Background = The author did not originally go to India to write a book. He went to find a girl. He ultimately spent a total of 13 months from 1996 to 2000 working on the book. "If Canadian writer Yann Martel were a preacher, he'd be charismatic, funny and covert all the non believers," says Charlotte Innes

= Reception = Francis Henry King in the article, A Ghastly Crew, says "Here is a writer with a talent as fabulous as the tale that he and Pi have to tell." According to the New Internationalist "This Wonderful book may not you believe in God but it may well give you faith in the redemptive powers of fiction. Barack Obama says "Life of Pi  is an elegant proof of god and storytelling."

= Awards and Nominations = Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize Award.