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Shantaram

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by Gregory David Roberts
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Publication Date: 01/11/2011
5/5 Rating 4 Reviews

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It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured.

Shantaram is a novel based on the life of the author, Gregory David Roberts. In 1978 Roberts was sentenced to nineteen years imprisonment as punishment for a series of robberies of building-society branches, credit unions, and shops he had committed while addicted to heroin.

In July 1980 he escaped from Victoria's maximum-security prison in broad daylight, thereby becoming one of Australia's most wanted men for what turned out to be the next ten years.

For most of this period he lived in Bombay. He set up a free health clinic in the slums, acted in Bollywood movies, worked for the Bombay mafia as a forger, counterfeiter, and smuggler and, as a gun-runner, resupplied a unit of mujaheddin guerrilla fighters in Afghanistan. This is the setting of Shantaram.

Apart from having this highly unusual personal background, Greg Roberts is a very gifted writer. His book is a blend of vivid dialogue, unforgettable characters, amazing adventures, and superb evocations of Indian life. It can be read as a vast, extended thriller, as well as a superbly written meditation on the nature of good and evil.

It is a compelling tale of a hunted man who had lost everything - his home, his family, and his soul - and came to find his humanity while living at the wildest edge of experience.

ISBN:
9781742611075
9781742611075
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-11-2011
Language:
English
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
944
Dimensions (mm):
207x135x64mm
Weight:
0.76kg
Gregory David Roberts

Gregory David Roberts is now a full-time writer, film producer, and international public speaker.

In Bombay he has established a charitable trust to care for the poorest of the poor slum-dwellers.

He divides his time between Geneva and Bombay.

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One of the most amazing books I've ever read! If even half of it is true (and I suspect more than that is) you will be floored. If for no other reason, it gives the most incredible insights into Indian culture. TO JAMES (SEE REVIEW BELOW) THE SEQUEL IS CALLED "MOUNTAIN SHADOW" & IS AVAILABLE FROM A & R.

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I met Gregory David Roberts when the story was released. He looked every bit the part of a man who lived the life written about in this book. He wasn’t a bragger and it was worthwhile listening to him speak.

His story, Shantaram, is worthwhile reading. There are some who say that it isn’t true but as a story that is even half true it is a great story. That it is still selling a decade later is testament to that.

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Supposedly a true story and certainly an incredible one. Its a bit of a tome but worth every page and once you get started you will be gripped. I am still hopeful a sequel is in the offing but its been a long time coming.

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