By the time i picked this up, it was already a best seller and Mira Nair was planning a film with Amitabh Bachchan and Johnny Depp based on it. So my expectations were accordingly high. That perhaps explains my disappointment when i finished it. Not that it is a bad read, far from that. Parts of it ...
An epic "true" story of a fugitive's life in India. I recently reread this and still enjoyed it. It might be an exaggeration, but it's beautifully written and it teaches you a lot about human nature. However, towards the end there is a bit too much philosophising.
Possibly the only book that won me over through the author bio alone, the fact and fiction of this book was so utterly enthralling I soon lost any interest in separating those two threads. Poetic, romantic, and with a well written arc that illudes most creative non-fiction, SHANTARAM is a book I th...
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