Shantaram

I really took a while to get into this one, but it was entirely worth it. Roberts connects you to the heart of India with his (at times overly) descriptive and emotional first hand accounts. That connection magnifies the already engaging action that emerges in the second half of the book.

At times Roberts is a bit too flowery and definitive for my taste, but taken with a grain of salt the themes on theology, the meaning of life, and theories around why we interact with others in the way that we do are thought provoking and well woven into the story.