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
Man Booker International Prize panel, described Tokarczuk as a "writer of wonderful wit, imagination, and literary panache." The shortlist of six books was announced on 12 April 2018 at an event at Somerset House in London. The longlist for the ninth Man Booker International Prize was announced on 12 March 2018. The winner was announced on 22 May 2018 at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Man Booker International Prize The Man Booker International Prize is an international hosted in the United Kingdom. The introduction of the International Prize to complement the Man Booker Prize was announced in June 2004. Sponsored by the