For instance, at one point, Lin pays police officers to stop torturing other prisoners for a night. The book is also full of kind gestures between friends and acquaintances. And that it does – but, at times, too idealistically for rational thinkers. In an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, Roberts claimed his aim for TMS was to defend and strengthen one’s sense of common humanity. Harper Lee's second novel tops 2015 US bestseller list This sudden twist in the storyline fails to create any thrill for the readers, as a large portion of the book reads like long lectures on the meaning of life. Lin was shifted to the holy mountain of Idriss for most of the conflict and adventure. The latter half of the book also feels like a hasty attempt to tie-up all loose ends that had arisen in Shantaram. Although Lin surrounded by many intriguing characters, their profiles lack background, resulting in a seemingly static series of events. Roberts rushes the readers from one chaotic episode to the next, as Lin focuses on wooing Karla, his love interest, through most of the narrative. Ten years into writing, TMS follows Lin’s story through various missions for the Sanjay Company, the loss of loved ones and a resulting quest for humanity.
Shantaram describes the story of Lin, a runaway Australian prisoner, who finds his way into Bombay and settles into the ranks of the ruling mafia under the mentorship of Kaderbhai.
But it doesn’t come close to the expectations set by its predecessor, which was loosely based on the author’s life. For readers who haven’t read Shantaram, this novel was exquisitely captivating. In his new book, The Mountain Shadow (TMS), a sequel to Shantaram, Gregory David Roberts depicts a similar journey wherein the protagonists struggle to survive with the ghosts of their past. Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret, Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist and Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love are just a few names in the long list of books for the spiritually-inclined. A search for love, spirituality, self-discovery and humanity are recurring themes in numerous books.
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