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
Richard Parker (potter) exhibition and accompanying publication. Parker’s work is held in collections throughout New Zealand and Australia, including The Dowse Art Museum, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the Otago Museum, the Suter Art Gallery in Nelson, the Whangarei Art Museum and the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Louise Guerin, Richard Parker, New Zealand Crafts 21, Winter 1987 Richard Parker (potter) Richard John Parker (born Nelson, 1946) is a New Zealand potter who has been based in Kaeo for most of his career. Parker attended Nelson College from 1960 to 1964, and graduated from Christchurch Teachers Training College with a diploma