Shantaram (Abacus 40th Anniversary) - Softcover
Paperback. Pub Date :2013-04-04 Pages: 944 Publisher: Abacus 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 launderer. forger and street soldier. He found time to learn Hindi and Marathi. fall in love. and spend time being worked over in an Indian jail. Then. in case anyone thought he was slacking. he acted in Bollywood and fought with the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan ... Amazingly. Roberts wrote Shantaram three times after prison guards trashed the first two versions. Its a profound tribute to his willpower ... At once a high-kicking. eye-gougi...
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A literary masterpiece ... at once erudite and intimate, reflective and funny ... it has the grit and pace of a thriller (DAILY TELEGRAPH)
Powerful and original ... a remarkable achievement (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
Extraordinarily vivid ... a gigantic, jaw-dropping, grittily authentic saga (DAILY MAIL)
A publishing phenomenon (SUNDAY TIMES)
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Powerful and original ... a remarkable achievement (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
Extraordinarily vivid ... a gigantic, jaw-dropping, grittily authentic saga (DAILY MAIL)
A publishing phenomenon (SUNDAY TIMES)
The book that has obsessed a generation: Shantaram is a publishing sensation based on the author's dramatic and extraordinary true story of life on the run in the Bombay underworld, is being reissued with a new cover alongside other classic titles from the Abacus list in our 40th Anniversary year
* 'A literary masterpiece ... it has the grit and pace of a thriller' DAILY TELEGRAPH
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- PublisherAbacus
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0349138974
- ISBN 13 9780349138978
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages944
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