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Shantaram: Abacus 40th Anniversary Edition

Shantaram: Abacus 40th Anniversary Edition

by Gregory David Roberts (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

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Synopsis

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. It's a profound tribute to his willpower ...At once a high-kicking, eye-gouging adventure, a love saga and a savage yet tenderly lyrical fugitive vision.' Time Out

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 944
 Edition: 40th Anniversary edition
 Publisher: Abacus
Published: 04 Apr 2013
ISBN 10: 0349138974
ISBN 13: 9780349138978
Book Overview: 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

Author Bio
Gregory David Roberts was born in Melbourne in 1952. After surviving the events dealt with in Shantaram, he was captured in Germany in 1990 and eventually extradited to Australia. On completing his prison sentence, he established a small multi-media company and is now a full-time writer. He is currently working on The Mountain Shadow, a sequel to Shantaram, being the continuing adventures of Lin, Karla and all the other characters still standing at the end of Shantaram, and with a host of new characters and locations in Europe and West Asia.