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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
'Extraordinarily vivid a gigantic, jaw-dropping, grittily authentic saga'...
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Fülszöveg
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
'Extraordinarily vivid a gigantic, jaw-dropping, grittily authentic saga'
Daily Mail
'Powerful and original a remarkable achievement' Sunday Telegraph
'Vivid and compassionate . . . impressive* Guardian
'A publishing phenomenon' Sunday Times
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