The Mountain Shadow
Picador, $46.99 hb, 871 pp, 9781743535592
Fiction
The Mountain Shadow by Gregory David Roberts
by Brigid Magner •
Devoted fans have been awaiting the sequel to Gregory David Roberts's cult classic Shantaram for twelve years. A bestselling book in Australia and overseas, Shantaram centres on Lin, an escaped Australian criminal who becomes a Bombay gangster. Loosely based on the author's own life, Shantaram encouraged an intriguing frisson between the writer and his protagonist.
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