The Illustrated Life of Pi

I threw the lifebuoy mightily. Photograph: Canongate

Lord avert their eyes from me, I whispered in my soul. Photograph: Canongate

Richard Parker had risen and emerged. Photograph: Canongate

I quite deliberately dressed wild animals in tame costumes of my imagination. Photograph: Canongate

The blow sent me flying off the boat. Photograph: Canongate

I threw the mako towards the stern. Photograph: Canongate

I made an exceptional botanical discovery. Photograph: Canongate

There goes our lunch. Photograph: Canongate

I had the great luck one summer of studying the three-toed sloth in situ in the equatorial jungles of Brazil. Photograph: Canongate

She came floating on an island of bananas in a halo of light, as lovely as the Virgin Mary. Photograph: Canongate

Have I mentioned the chutneys yet? Photograph: Canongate