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What is the Mountain Shadow about?
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.
Is the Mountain Shadow a true story?
Gregory David Roberts is the Australian-born writer of Shantaram (2003), a best-selling novel based on his experiences as a heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from Melbourne’s Pentridge Prison in 1980 and fled to India.
How long is the Mountain Shadow?
900 pages
“The Mountain Shadow” is similar to its predecessor in other ways. For one thing, it is very long. “Shantaram” spanned more than 900 pages; this book comes in at 873. The prose remains clunky, at times cringe-inducingly so.
Who wrote the Mountain Shadow?
Gregory David RobertsThe Mountain Shadow / Author
Did Gregory David Roberts go to Afghanistan?
Roberts was recruited by the Bombay mafia and worked in illegal passports and currency. He went to Afghanistan on a gunrunning operation and was wounded. After a short return to Bombay, Roberts moved to Germany, where he began to work as a singer in a rock band.
Where can I watch Shantaram TV series?
Charlie Hunnam has been attached to the AppleTV+ series Shantaram since 2019.
How much of the book Shantaram is true?
David Gregory Roberts calls “Shantaram” a novel, but it is strongly autobiographical, concentrating on his life in Bombay from 1981 to 1987. Some characters have been disguised or blended, but he insists that the key events are authentic.
Is Shantaram being filmed?
Charlie Hunnam has been attached to the AppleTV+ series Shantaram since 2019. But production problems and the pandemic delayed filming for nearly two years. The series was finally able to go into production in the spring of 2021, and filming has since wrapped.
Was the book Shantaram made into a movie?
It’s been through more plot twists than the book on which it is based, but Shantaram – which was first mooted as a film in 2004 with Johnny Depp set to star – could finally be heading to the screen. For real this time.
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Is’the mountain shadow’a continuation of the novel?
By the way, for those who did not know or forgot, Shantaram (Marathi) is a peaceful person. So, “The Mountain Shadow” is a continuation of the novel. No less disturb
What makes “the mountain shadow” so special?
The story begins with Lin’s return to Mumbai from a smuggling trip; we follow him through a thinly plotted litany of killings and violent encounters as he seeks to reunite with his love, Karla (also a repeat visitor from the earlier book). “The Mountain Shadow” is similar to its predecessor in other ways. For one thing, it is very long.
What is the setting of the mountain shadow?
The Mountain Shadow is set two years after the events of Shantaram. Lin is still living in Bombay and working as a forger for his mentor Khaderbhai’s mafia organisation, now run by Sanjay Kumar and known as the Sanjay Corporation.