The Mountain Shadow

A kind of gangster’s Shakespeare * New York Times *Roberts is brilliant at creating a sense of menace and projecting the constant tension of the escaped convict… crucially, he is also a man who loves and understands India… Nearly 900 pages of pure escape * Sunday Times *Evocative… shines a light into the shadowy corners of society and our darkest desires * Mail on Sunday *Profound meditations on the nature of life, time, ambition, evil, love and everything else that matters * New York Times *An unlikely publishing sensation… [Roberts] has undeniably created a genuine universe, a teeming underbelly of larger-than-life characters * New York Times Book Review *Re-immerse yourself in his vibrant and captivating world of love, friendship, and anger… Roberts’ latest will take readers on an adventure just as epic in scope and feeling * Bookish *Roberts’s sequel to Shantaram defies easy categorization, one of its many charms. The dashing hero Lin, an Australian fugitive, is worldly, two-fisted, rides a motorcycle, has a social conscience, quotes great writers and, as the book opens, struggles bravely to get over his lost love, Karla… He narrates his interactions with many larger-than-life street types in an energetic and often salty first person… Roberts keeps the action moving and the narrative engaging… This series of robust, retro capers with contemporary trappings will have readers feverishly turning the pages * Publishers Weekly *

Gregory David Roberts is an author, songwriter, composer and artist. He is best known for his novel Shantaram (which has sold over 7 million copies and has been translated into 44 languages) and its sequel The Mountain Shadow. Gregory David Roberts’ books have been sold in over 116 countries and Shantaram has been adapted into an Apple TV+ series. His most recent book is the inspirational The Spiritual Path.

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