This post used to have 10 great novels. You never know when you adapt a novel if the movie will be better than the book. Some following novels were thought to become great movies. The projects were delayed indefinitely. Others were never really considered. Some of them are pure fiction, some are fantasies or science fiction. Worse novels found their ways to the big screen and a few of them even became box office hits. First of the Great Novels: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts Of … [Read more...]
The Mountain Shadow, a Shantaram Sequel
Despite a few rough critics it encountered from some purists (especially of Indian origin), The Mountain Shadow, a sequel grandiosely written by the talented Gregory David Roberts, is as captivating as Shantaram, its predecessor. It has been published ten years later, in October 2015. I have read it with the same pleasure, because it was very catchy, almost as the first one. It seems a long read, some other nine hundred pages, but it's definitely worthy. If you loved Shantaram, you will love … [Read more...]
Shantaram, a Magnificent Novel
"Shantaram" is one of the best novels I have ever read, only that there are many novels I read and I liked a lot and considered of high quality. It is huge, but Vikram Seth's "A Suitable Boy" is huger. They both are so "readable" that you regret every time you put any one of them down. "Shantaram" reminded me of "Papillon", or better said, "Banco", the second in Henry Charriere's series of adventures, but the only resemblance is that the heroes, the authors themselves, were convicts and have … [Read more...]