Who is the narrator, can she or he read minds, and, more importantly, can we trust her or him?
First Person (Central Narrator): Peekay
Peekay is the big man in this novel, even when he's a little kid. This is his story, with his secrets, dreams, and personal thoughts. He's not only a key player, he's the key player, and he tells the story with authority. Just look at the first sentence:
This is what happened. (1.1)
If that's not authoritative, we don't know what is.
Peekay also has the ability to remember every single detail of the fight he was in, the voyages he made, and the conversations he had all through childhood. He even explains this skill:
I didn't know it then, but this ability to recall a fight scenario totally made me a lot more dangerous when I met an opponent for the second time. (13.6)
It also made him a pretty good narrator; if the novel were told from the third-person perspective, we would lose a lot of the insight we get into the way Peekay thinks. And, since this book is all about "the power of one" (check the cover if you don't believe us) it's important that one is telling us about his power.