A novel by gregory david roberts and a great selection of related books, art and. Gregory david roberts is an australian author, most noted for his novel shantaram. Shantaram signed by roberts, gregory david and a great selection of related. The storyline of the book series was influenced by the author. Gregory david roberts born gregory john peter smith. Wb books adventure for johnny depp memento des originals. The mountain shadow by gregory david roberts goodreads. From popular titles to some more obscure suggestions from my own travels, these are the best travel books ever. Crime, love, betrayal, sacrifice, friendship, philosophy, spirituality, war, relationship, any category, you name it, this book superscribes that section. Shantaram by gregory david roberts and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
An entrepreneurs odyssey to educate the worlds children by john wood. Unfortunately i havent been able to find something equally as good, but have still read a fair share of good books. Shantaram is one of those rare books, which can make one rethink life from an entirely different perspective. 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. Sentenced to nineteen years in prison for a series of armed robberies, he escaped and spent ten of his fugitive years in bombaywhere he established a free medical clinic for slumdwellers, and worked as a counterfeiter, smuggler, gunrunner, and street soldier for a branch of. The novel is reportedly influenced by real events in the life of the author. Anyone who walks away from shantaram untouched is either heartless or dead or both. The book is full of inspiring life lessons and filled with beautiful quotes. Shantaram is narrated by lin, an escaped convict with a.
There should be plenty of media interest in the book and its author, and its sheer heft will. A heroin addict incarcerated for a robbery escapes prison and reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums of bombay. Tyler cowen put it well when he called it one of the best bad books hes read. Gregory david roberts what are the 50 best travel books of all time. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. The shantaram book series by gregory david roberts includes books shantaram and the mountain shadow. He was a heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from pe. It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what i know about love and. The novel is commended by many for its vivid portrayal of tumultuous life in bombay.
Shantaram by gregory david roberts, 97803498978, available at book depository with free. Shantaram is one of those books that you wait to find for five years, even a decade. Shantaram ebook by gregory david roberts rakuten kobo. A sequel to shantaram but equally a standalone novel, the moun. Sentenced to nineteen years in prison for a series of armed robberies, he escaped and spent ten of his fugitive years in bombay. Shop amongst our popular books, including 7, shantaram, the mountain shadow and more from gregory david roberts. A novel of high adventure, great storytelling and moral purpose, based on an. Shantaram by gregory david roberts is a huge yet hardtoputdown novel. The book is a novel, but mixes in autobiographical elementsat least in broad brush strokes. Its tough to pick a specific set of lines and call them my favorite.
Gregory david roberts quotes author of shantaram page 4 of 30. Read shantaram a novel by gregory david roberts available from rakuten kobo. Fiction or not, the book kept me hooked for the entire duration. These are some of the best lines according to me from the last three parts of the book. The blurb says it is based on the life of the author, but is also part fiction. Aptly described as a saga, in this book, our protagonist linbaba aka shantaram experiences everything. So you go out looking for such a book, but cannot find it.
The covid19 crisis were all enduring and facing down is so vast in scale and terrible in cost that it pushes other considerations to the margins. Gregory david roberts ha plasmado en shantaram su propia y azarosa vida. Gregory david roberts is an australian author best known for his novel shantaram. I absolutely loved the book, read it twice already, and seriously hope you will read it as well. With charlie hunnam, antonia desplat, radhika apte, hilda fay. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
After two years, he escaped from a maximum security prison, spending the next ten years on the run as australias most wanted man. A lot of people list shantaram as one of their alltime favorite novels. Books you dont want to finish, books that have plot holes big enough to drive a train through, cringey young adult books about an 18 year old marry suechosen one, books where the main character pisses you off and youre cheering for the bad guys by the end. The narrator, lin, now going by shantaram kishan kharre, takes to healing the sick while learning the ways of indias poor through the good offices of a guide named pribaker, whos a little shady and more than a little noble, and through the boozefogged lens provided by dodgy eurotrash expats like aging french bad boy didier, who spoke. I think the main reason i liked the book was the authors skill at describing bombay and its denizens. Anyone who loves to read has been looking for this book all their reading life. The opening of the book lets the reader know that heshe will be thinking about many philosophical issues during the book. Having been to india a few times, id kind of written the place off, but shantaram s bombay is an utterly fascinating, exotic place full of fascinating, exotic characters. You read a really great book and, on coming to the end page, immediately want to find another book just as good to fill its place. Shantaram by gregory david roberts is a lengthly book, but very interesting reading. It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what i know.
Gregory david roberts 1952 in melbourne als gregory john peter smith ist ein. I, too, was blown away by shantaram and its quite possibly the best book ive ever read, from start to finish. It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what i know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while i was chained to a wall and being tortured. Till now i had read books, but as far as shantaram is considered, i lived through this book, with a flavor of amchi mumbai. In 1978, gifted student and writer greg roberts turned to heroin when his marriage collapsed, feeding his addiction with a string of robberies. Gregory david roberts retired from public life in 2014 to devote time to his family and new writing projects.
Its engrossing, often insightful, often beautiful in its description of india, and keeps you hooked for nearly 1,000 pages. Shantaram by gregory david roberts, paperback barnes. Several seemingly unnatural events corroborate the fact. He is a former heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from pentridge prison in 1980 and fled to india, where he lived for ten years. Gregory david roberts, the author of shantaram and its sequel, the mountain shadow, was born in melbourne, australia. Few stand out quite like shantaram, gregory david robertss 936page novel the first volume of a projected four based on his own life. He was a heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from pentridge prison and fled to india where he lived for ten years. See the complete shantaram series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Caught and convicted, he was given a nineteenyear sentence. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Shantaram pdfepub gregory david roberts, best travel.
Shantaram is, quite simply, the 1001 arabian nights of the new century. Im very happy to be back, and i have new work to offer. Shantaram by gregory roberts and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Shantaram book series is written by gregory david roberts and consists of two books shantaram and the mountain shadow.
Dont let the 900 pages scare you, you truly wishes there were another 900 to go at the end. Shantaram is a novel based on the life of the author, gregory david roberts. So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel by gregory david roberts, set in the underworld of contemporary bombay. If you enjoyed three cups of tea, read woods account of his metamorphosis from corporate executive at. 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. This shantaram book is telling about it took me a long time and most of the world to learn what i know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while i was chained to a. Every human heart beat is a universe of possibilities.