Life of Pi (film) the island is carnivorous after finding a human tooth embedded in a flower. Pi and Richard Parker leave the island, eventually reaching the coast of Mexico. Pi is saddened that Richard Parker does not acknowledge him before disappearing into the jungle. He is rescued and brought to a hospital. Insurance agents for the Japanese freighter company interview him, but do not believe his story and ask what really happened. He tells a different story, in which the animals are replaced by human survivors: his mother for the orangutan, an amiable sailor for the zebra, and the ship's brutish cook for
The Teeth of the Tiger Like "Red Rabbit", Clancy's "The Teeth of the Tiger" was poorly received by critics and reviews for "The Teeth of the Tiger" were "tepid at best." "The Washington Post" described it as a "bloated, boring, silly novel" with "inane dialogue, gossamer characterizations, endless repetition and bumper-sticker politics." The "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" panned it as well, saying that the most positive thing about the book was that it was "mercifully briefer than its chronological predecessor in the Jack Ryan series.". The "San Antonio Express-News" described the novel as "an acceptable thriller" that is "an obvious attempt to reinvent the franchise [Clancy]