Shantaram

Shantaram Review

I read this book the first time when I was in Mumbai India and I was staying at the Taj hotel mentioned many times in the book. Much of the story takes place in that general vicinity so I was able to visit the bar that features heavily in the book and other places. I was in India on one of my many business trips there and I had a driver that I had take me around to all of the different places mentioned in the book. It was almost magical.

I loved this book. As someone said in an earlier review it is one of those books that you read and it makes you hunger and crave another book just like it. The book that has that much impact.

I went through the slums also featured heavily in the book and got great pictures of things he describes as being there. I visited the area where the lepers hang out and talked to them for awhile. I first read this book in 2004 or 2005ish and I absolutely feel in love with the book. It is always the first book I recommend to people who like the same kinds of books I like.

If you like James Michener, some of Leon Uris' books or Lawrence Sanders this book will have a certain type of feel that you will recognize especially Michener. But it also has a type of rawness that only a man who has truly lived this kind of life can get across. I loved the book and if you read the teasers for the book and it seems interesting I almost can guarantee that this book will not only be a good read but it will have an impact on you.

This book made India a magical place for me and while I admit that I don't always look forward to the 25+ hour travel time to get there I always look forward to discovering more of the kind of India that this book discusses. Enjoy it.

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