Max and the Cats number of zoo animals caged in the hold—but after being rescued and making a life for himself in Brazil continues to find his German past impossible to escape. The novel came to widespread public attention in 2002 when Canadian writer Yann Martel won the Man Booker Prize for "Life of Pi". Martel's novel is about a boy, Pi, who finds himself trapped on a boat with a tiger after the ship he and his family are sailing on sinks. The family were zookeepers, and the animals they were transporting in the hold sink with the rest of the ship, except
2013 Man Booker Prize of 28, the youngest author ever to win the Booker. She was previously, at the age of 27, the youngest author ever to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. At 832 pages, "The Luminaries" is also the longest work to win the prize in its 45-year history. Catton is the second writer from New Zealand to win the prize, the first being Keri Hulme in 1985 with "The Bone People". The judges' final decision was made after around two hours of discussion. Of "The Luminaries", Macfarlane commented "It's a dazzling work. It's a luminous work. It is vast without