The shantaram book series by gregory david roberts includes books shantaram and the mountain shadow. I will recommend this book to several constant readers but as an audiobook, humphrey bower i would say his best work makes shantaram a stellar media performance experience. There is so much going on in shantaram that brief and sparse seem incompatible, but well give it a shot. What are some books similar to shantaram by gregory david. What puts shantaram at the top are the deep moral and philosophical conversations woven into the characters and the storys exotic cultural journey. Shantaram has mira nair attached as director mira nair is an indian director, producer, actress, and writer. Before shantaram, she had directed new york, i love.
After his release, he begins to work for abdel kader khan, a major bombay mafia, who refers to shantaram as his son. The novel is commended by many for its vivid portrayal of tumultuous life in bombay the novel is reportedly influenced by real events in the life of the author, though some claims made by roberts are contested by others involved in. Set in india and pakistan at the time of partition, the book follows the lives of members of two families. A novel of high adventure, great storytelling and moral purpose, based on an extraordinary true story of eight years in the bombay underworld. An entrepreneurs odyssey to educate the worlds children by john wood. See the complete shantaram series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and. Shantaram is narrated by lin, an escaped convict with a false. Free audio books in russian that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player. Shantaram is a 2003 novel by gregory david roberts, in which a convicted australian bank robber and heroin addict escapes from pentridge prison and flees to india. Works produced for distribution on audio media, typically audiotape cassette or audio compact disk cd. Bith interesting and also a bit surprising at the same time. Buy shantaram by gregory david roberts, humphrey bower from amazons fiction books store. This book was a word of mouth suggestion by someone who ive actually forgotten.
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