This had an average rating of 4.22 with over 45000 readers, so had been top of my shelf for a while. Really, I couldn't put it down. One of my all-time favorites.
Published at The BiblioSanctum:Lin, later named "Shantaram" (man of peace), is an escaped Australian convict whose exile finds him in Bombay, India. Certain events and descriptions seem to mirror Roberts' own life, but how much of the book is heavily based on fact and how much is fiction is unknown....
Criminal with a heart of gold and active conscience seeks love, which he throws away, and the esteem of father figures. I didn't mind the purpleness of the prose as much as some reviewers have, and I give Roberts credit for writing this as a novel. Still, it is written in a memoir style and has a wh...
Shantaram is a big and heavy book. It took me from September to January to finish this, not that I read everyday, but still, I tend to finish books faster. I didn't manage to read a lot at the time. However, it is one of the most amazing books I've ever read.It's not exactly fiction, and it's not ex...
I loved this book - it's as compelling and rich in detail as a Renaissance painting. Its beauty is severe, though - life in Mumbai's slum cities is a harsh life, and the experiences described in this novel (based on Roberts' own life) can be harrowing. But it is an amazing, breathtaking tour de fo...
This is my happy dance:as I finally, finally finished this one after a whole month of struggling and avoiding my iPod so I wouldn’t have to listen to one more Linbaba self-glorification story.Let me explain…What started out as a 5 star book slowly turned into 3 stars, then 2 stars and at times even ...
This is so far from the type of thing I usually read, and I can hardly put my finger on why I loved it..all I can say is I found it to be a rollicking great adventure...based loosely on a true story..in this case 'truth is stranger than fiction' I think..
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