Shantaram

by Gregory David Roberts | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0349117543 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Gooby of Melbourne CBD, Victoria Australia on 11/17/2005
Buy from one of these Booksellers:
Amazon.com | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon IT | Bol.com
1 journaler for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Gooby from Melbourne CBD, Victoria Australia on Thursday, November 17, 2005
This book is one I'd heard a lot about. It made it (despite her protests) into the bag of a fellow student in India, and its brick-like nature prompted a colleague to ask me, "Are you buying books by the kilo now?"! My father raved about it. Yet to describe the story rather puts me off - "This Aussie guy escaped from maximum security prison, went to live in a slum in Bombay, working for the mafia and fighting in Afghanistan" - as well, that doesn't sound like my type of book.

However, it grabbed me. I managed to plough trough it in a week (and still get my work done). Lin's life is nothing short of amazing, and his reflections are honest and manage to be uplifting and realistic at the same time. Sometimes he waffles a little but the overall effect was of a book and communities that I'd lived inside - and wished for more.



This copy bought in Sukhumvit, Bangkok.

Are you sure you want to delete this item? It cannot be undone.