Shantaram

I recently went on holiday to Corfu with the three other students that i live with. I get on well with all the girls but this holiday was definitely not my idea. We were staying in a place called Kavos which is a soul destroying place for the following reasons. The only reason that i agreed to go to Corfu was because i was a big fan of the book My Family and Other Animals written by Gerald Durrell, so you can imagine my dismay when we arrive in Kavos to find that all there is in this tiny town is clubs and restaurants and horribly cheesy gift shops and the crowning glory was the McDonalds on the main strip.  

so having experienced such disappointment with my surroundings i was delighted when i began to read the book that i had bought with me for some pool side reading. Shantaram  is a fantastic book, i could barely put it down the whole holiday, it was the first time i have read a book and been pleased that it was over 900 pages long.  The story was exciting and the characters were lovable and i was still reading it on the plane home. Now i am hoping that someone can explain to me why i haven't had the slightest inclination to pick it up and finish it since i touched back down in England. Sadly the most plausible option i can come up with was that once i was back in front of my computer and television i simply have more interesting things to do. 

Despite not having finished the book yet i still cannot recommend this book highly enough to anyone, so please go out and buy it and thank me when you enjoy it and recommend it to all your friends.