And While I'm On the Topic...

I've been reading another blog where somebody asked if Life of Pi was a book she should bother with, and most of the commenters have been people who Loved This Book. They're talking about how anyone with deep spiritual personal growth will love it too, and that there are secret messages at the end. Did I just TOTALLY miss something? What the heck was this book about anyway? Help!

Quick Question about Life of Pi

At the end when they come to take Pi's statement, he gives two versions of the story when they don't believe the first one. Do you think there's any possibility that the second one was the truth and he made up all that other stuff about Richard Parker and the cannibal island? Would it change the way you felt about the book if that were the case?