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Shantaram
Gregory David Roberts
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Description for Shantaram
Paperback. .
'A literary masterpiece . . . at once erudite and intimate, reflective and funny . . . it has the grit and pace of a thriller' Daily Telegraph A novel of high adventure, great storytelling and moral purpose, based on an extraordinary true story of eight years in the Bombay underworld. 'In the early 80s, Gregory David Roberts, an armed robber and heroin addict, escaped from an Australian prison to India, where he lived in a Bombay slum. There, he established a free health clinic and also joined the mafia, working as a money ... Read more
'A literary masterpiece . . . at once erudite and intimate, reflective and funny . . . it has the grit and pace of a thriller' Daily Telegraph A novel of high adventure, great storytelling and moral purpose, based on an extraordinary true story of eight years in the Bombay underworld. 'In the early 80s, Gregory David Roberts, an armed robber and heroin addict, escaped from an Australian prison to India, where he lived in a Bombay slum. There, he established a free health clinic and also joined the mafia, working as a money ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
944
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349117546
SKU
V9780349117546
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Ref
99-99
About Gregory David Roberts
Gregory David Roberts retired from public life in 2014 to devote time to his family and new writing projects.
Reviews for Shantaram
A publishing phenomenon
SUNDAY TIMES
Extraordinarily vivid ... a gigantic, jaw-dropping, grittily authentic saga
DAILY MAIL
Powerful and original ... a remarkable achievement
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
A literary masterpiece ... at once erudite and intimate, reflective and funny ... it has the grit and pace of a thriller
DAILY TELEGRAPH
SUNDAY TIMES
Extraordinarily vivid ... a gigantic, jaw-dropping, grittily authentic saga
DAILY MAIL
Powerful and original ... a remarkable achievement
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
A literary masterpiece ... at once erudite and intimate, reflective and funny ... it has the grit and pace of a thriller
DAILY TELEGRAPH