Book Club - Shataram - Gregory David Roberts

This didn't go down well at all, only one 'loved it', I have taken this quote from the internet but it sums it up perfectly.... 

This book bugs.

Of course, I knew that I could have defeated the stoned, terrifying swordsman with just my fists. . . . 

Fortunately, my friends had given me a gigantic first-aid kit before I left, so I had enough medicine to cure the scores of burn victims. . . . 

The guards had given me--the dangerous convict doing hard labor--an extra-long, heavy-duty extension cord that I was able use to scale the prison wall. . . . 

I saw in his eyes the shining crowning glory of a soul at utmost peace and his radiant love flowed into my heart of hearts. . . . 

I had no idea what to say--I was utterly at a loss. So I said exactly the right thing and everybody laughed. . . .

I was lonely and terrified in the huge crowd. So I went up to the scariest person in the place and made friends with him . . . 

What a crock. 

This book would be a lot easier to take if it weren't for the bogus bio the author offers, which is clearly supposed to make gullible readers believe that this fantasy is somehow autobiographical