by Kerrin Ross Monahan
Life of Pi by Yann Martel (winner of the Mann Booker prize).
Fantasmagorical!
Fact and (possible?) fiction, so expertly woven together that it all seems true. Richard Parker, nemesis extraordinaire, by his very vigorous existence, keeps our hero, Pi, alive, thinking and working at top capacity. In doing so, Pi saves his own sanity and life.
Everyone has their own Richard Parker, who lurks in the shadows, ready to pounce. The question is, how to face up to him in times of crisis. Do we let him devour us, or do we keep him out of our territory by the constant cracking of whip and blasting of whistle?