đ Gregory David Roberts: Shantaram
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If youâd ask me today whatâs the greatest novel of the 21st century, Iâd be tempted to say itâs Shantaram, written by Gregory David Roberts in 2004.
The book, recommended to me by an old friend who praised it as one of the all-time best, took me completely by surprise.
Itâs epic, monumental, smart, and unbound like, say, The Lord of the Rings or The Count of Monte Cristo.
I thought they donât write books like these anymore! But here it was, an absolutely original piece of art.
The excellent English audiobook narrated by Humphrey Bower is 43 hours long (!!) but I could not get enough of it anyway. I just needed to take two week-long breaks to digest some unexpected, disturbing twists.
Set in India, Shantaram tells a story of a fugitive from Australia, who escapes to Mumbai with a false passport, little money, and has to find a foothold in a strange new environmentâŠ
Thatâs all I knew before reading the book, and Iâm glad I didnât know more, as it may have spoiled the surprise of how unparalleled the book is.
I would recommend the same to anybody else:
Just get it and dive into it without hesitation.
So â is it *really* that great and unique?
I canât be sure, since Iâm still under its spell, a rather intoxicating influence.
I am only sure I havenât read *anything* like Shantaram before. For me, itâs up there with all-time classics and some newer additions to the pantheon such as Larssonâs Millennium trilogy, or Liu Cixinâs Three-Body Problem trilogy.
If you read Shantaram, let me know how you liked it.
The End â€
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