
This is the second book in the proposed trilogy. Grove Press initially released the book on 13 October 2015.

The 42-year-old Newcastle-born actor had previously appeared in the BBC teen drama Byker Grove.The Mountain Shadow is a 2015 novel by Australian author Gregory David Roberts and is a sequel for his 2003 novel Shantaram. I devoured it and came back asking my friend, who's a writer-producer, 'Can we make this?'"Ĭharlie Hunnam is best known for his role as Jackson 'Jax' Teller on US biker drama Sons Of Anarchy, but did make his breakthrough on British television back in 1999 when, as a teenager, he starred as love-smitten Nathan Maloney in Channel 4's original Queer As Folk series. "A friend gave me the book and I happened to be going to Thailand the next day and took it with me, which ended up being amazing for me, but not so great for my partner because it's 936 pages long. "It’s this grand, sweeping, wildly romantic love story, and it’s also a story of great adventure and self-discovery. Lin finds himself in India on this concurrent journey of spiritual awakening while also getting pulled deeper into the realms of organised crime." "It’s a magnificently written novel that exposed me to a world that I’d never seen before," says Hunnam, 42. Shantaram's lead star is Charlie Hunnam who plays prison fugitive Lin Ford trying to stay incognito in 1980s Bombay. It promises to be an exciting new experience for those who’ve read Shantaram, and a pretty wild journey for those who haven’t." Shantaram cast - Charlie Hunnam on playing Lin Ford There is a superb team involved in bringing the pages to life. "He’s a terrific actor and a deeply spiritual traveller on the path. "Charlie Hunnam came to visit me,’" says Shantaram author Graham David Roberts.


Will he decide to risk his liberty to be with her? But his life becomes even more complicated when he falls in love with a mysterious woman, Karla (Antonia Desplat). Lin finds it hard to leave his past behind him in India, however, as he soon gets caught up with local criminals and the battle against Russian troops who are invading Afghanistan.
