Shantaram: By Gregory David Roberts

I basically started this blog to write book reviews. I have read some books and I am going to write my thoughts about them.

Shantaram is written by Gregory David Roberts. it is a real life story. It is a good story with some funny incidents. It has both love and blood. The explanation is very very good but sometimes lengthy. Those who liked Papillion will like this book. Standard of English is good. It does not have much of suspense but it will keep you reading. It is being made as a movie with Johnny Depp and Shah Rukh Khan staring in it. I guess it will be a good movie. A sequel of this book is being made too. All questions of this book will be solved.

Rating: if i was to rate (1-10) this book then it gets 6

It is a life story of a gangster; he escapes from Australia prison and lands at Mumbai. He lives in famous Mumbai slum. He falls in love with a girl named karla. He makes powerful friends and enemies. He gets arrested and tortured in a Indian jail. He ultimately joins Mujahideen in Afghanistan to fight Russia (it is a 1980’s story so Afghans were against Russia at that time, USA was helping Afghans example Rambo movie) the situation during starvation is explained beautifully. When he comes back to Mumbai, a gang war starts. He joins a side and blood is spilled and he survives.

About author: Gregory David Roberts was born in Melbourne in 1952. After surviving the events dealt with in Shantaram. He was captured in Germany in 1990 and eventually extradited to Australia. On completing his prison sentence, he established a small multi-media company and is now a full time writer. He lives in Melbourne.