Shantaram is a novel of epic proportions written by Gregory David Roberts. It tells the story of his break from a Melbourne prison in Australia and escape to New Zealand followed by India where much of the novel is set. In India he lives in the slums of Bombay and opens a medal clinic. After a harrowing experience of getting caught and spending time in an Indian prison he becomes involved with the local mafia.
16th April 2006
Hollywood discovers novels again
Shantaram is just one popular novel that is being made into a movie.
Others include:
Charlie Wilson’s War” by George Crile, “Where the Wild Things Are,” by Maurice Sendak, the “Earthsea” novels, by Ursula K. Le Guin and “The Sparrow,” by Mary Doria Russell.
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