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The Mountain Shadow

Shantaram, Book 2

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The Mountain Shadow

By: Gregory David Roberts
Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
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A profound, epic thriller set in Bombay—a standalone novel and a sequel to the international bestseller Shantaram.

The first glimpse of the sea on Marine Drive filled my heart, if not my head. I turned away from the red shadow. I stopped thinking of that pyramid of killers, and Sanjay's improvidence. I stopped thinking about my own part in the madness. And I rode, with my friends, into the end of everything.

Shantaram introduced millions of people to a cast of unforgettable characters through Lin, an Australian fugitive, working as a passport forger for a branch of the Bombay mafia. In The Mountain Shadow, the long-awaited sequel, Lin must find his way in a Bombay run by a different generation of mafia dons, playing by a different set of rules.

It has been two years since the events in Shantaram, and since Lin lost two people he had come to love: his father figure, Khaderbhai, and his soul mate, Karla, married to a handsome Indian media tycoon. Lin returns from a smuggling trip to a city that seems to have changed too much, too soon. Many of his old friends are long gone, the new mafia leadership has become entangled in increasingly violent and dangerous intrigues, and a fabled holy man challenges everything that Lin thought he'd learned about love and life. But Lin can't leave the Island City: Karla, and a fatal promise, won't let him go.

Fans of Vikram Seth, John Irving and David Mitchell will love Shantaram and The Mountain Shadow.

©2015 Gregory David Roberts (P)2023 Audible Australia Pty Ltd.
Action & Adventure Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary Psychological Fiction Heartfelt Middle East Suspense

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Loved this as much as I loved The Shantaram. Usually I’m put off by people using 100 words when they could make the point in 10, but this prose is poetry for the soul, heart and mind. Enjoyed this from minute one to hour thirty-odd.
“Truth is freedom of the soul” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Ignore the other reviews and make your own mind up…

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I have listen to both of the Shantaram Audios. Netflix has part one series I hope they change minds and do another.
Addictive listen.

Absolutely brilliant.

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So many layers, so many hidden life lessons brought to life brilliantly by the performance

A brilliant story & exemplary performance

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I absolutely LOVED The Mountain Shadow. Being immersed back in Lins world with familiar characters so many years after first reading Shantaram was simply wondrous. There were moments I found highly irritating, like Karla and Lins aphorism contest and the lengthy philosophical chapters, but this didn't stop me from giving full marks. Manifesting another book!

The Mountain Shadow

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I love this book and its predecessor . I feel an affinity with India and that I have been there. I could imagine it so well from this story. I may have to listen to it again. I particularly like the different accents especially Didier’s wonderful French

The mountain shadow

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Best part is doubling the dose of Shantaram.
Worst part is Karla’s really annoying accent, nearly stopped me listening.
The philosophy threads are long, and don’t really add much to the narrative.

Shantaram remains the master, but this is well worth it!

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I enjoyed this as a continuation of Shanteram, although there there inconsistencies in the characters and their voices which I admit did bug me.

a good sequel

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I thoroughly enjoyed this. I read shantaram while travelling in India years ago then watched the TV series last year . its a favourite of mine so was delighted when I came across this book. There are quite a few familiar characters and plenty of new ones.

amazing sequel to Shantaram

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Love the narrator’s telling of the continued story of Shantaram. Again I laughed a wept along with the characters. I’m not eloquent but can appreciate the listening of it.

Picture of an India dreamed of.

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If you fell in love with Shantaram as I did travelling around or wherever you read it... Then fall in love again. Be transported to the island city. Pure Escapism. Brilliantly written and narrated.

Fall in love with the Island City all over again!

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