Life of Pi Life of Pi Life of Pi is a Canadian fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry who explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The novel has sold more than ten million copies worldwide. It was rejected by at least five London publishing houses before being accepted by Knopf Canada, which published it in September 2001. The UK edition won
Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter is a 2009 graphic novel by Darwyn Cooke, an adaptation of the first Parker novel "The Hunter" written by Donald E. Westlake under the pseudonym Richard Stark. In July 2009, IDW Publishing published Cooke's "Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter", an adaptation of the Donald Westlake novel, "The Hunter", the first of four Parker novels Cooke adapted for IDW. The second, "The Outfit", was released in October 2010, "The Score" was released in July 2012, and "Slayground" was published in December 2013, with Cooke handling the entire art direction and physical