![]() ![]() Descriptions of Mumbai seem exaggerated towards stereotypical. However, too many metaphors / similes are just self-indulgent, trying to demonstrate how "clever" the author is, while actually being mediocre, and achieving nothing substantial. I understand that descriptions are there to immerse you into, what might be for a lot of readers, a foreign world. The problem I do have is that descriptive, metaphorical prose comes at the expense of the important bits like story progression, character development and pacing. Nor do I have a problem with books that are full of wordplay, metaphors and lyrical prose. For example, this is one of my favourite books. ![]() Now, I don't have a problem with ambitious stories with a large scope. In the book, he escapes from Australian prison to Bombay, becomes a street thug, lives and runs a health clinic in the slums, goes to prison in India, joins the mafia, and even fights alongside the Mujahideen in Afghanistan.Īnd in true Bollywood style, there's love, betrayal, anger, drama, violence, sex, singing and dancing in good measure. ![]() Magical, unbelievable, grandiose Bollywood-movie adventures. ![]() Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts is a first person narration by Lin, an Australian fugitive who escapes to Mumbai, where adventures happen. ![]()
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