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At the start of this massive, thrillingly undomesticated potboiler, a young australian man bearing a false new zealand passport that gives his name as lindsay flies to bombay some time in. Anyone who loves to read has been looking for this book. All of my time is devoted to new projects and my family of loved ones. David roberts, english author and novelist was born in january 1944 in the united kingdom. The mountain shadow, robertss second novel, appears more than a decade later. A sequel entitled the mountain shadow was released on october 2015 by little brown.
His new novel, the mountain shadow, will be released in 2015. I loved the cast of new characters such as naveen, diva and idriss, a sage on the mountain. Gregory david roberts does for bombay what lawrence durrell did for alexandria, what melville did for. Anyone who loves to read has been looking for this book all their reading life. The mountain shadow by gregory david roberts shantaram was a thrilling pageturner. Gregory david roberts is an australian author, most noted for his novel shantaram. The mountain shadow is available to buy at your local waterstones. Gregory david roberts retired from public life in 2014 to devote time to his family and new writing projects. See the complete shantaram series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Author gregory david robertss complete list of books and series in order, with. Buy gregory david roberts ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Gregory david roberts, author of shantaram, on the power of books. Author gregory david roberts has said a sequel to cult hit shantaram abacus should be completed by may, and might be available in december.
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