Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
It took me a long time being a lot of travel throughout the world to understand what I know about love, fate, and the choices we make, but the core of it all came to me in an instant, when I was chained to a wall and tormented.
So starts Gregory David Roberts' enormous, enthralling debut novel, set in the underbelly of contemporary Bombay.Shantaram is told by Lin, an escaped convict with a fake passport who departs a maximum-security prison in Australia for the crowded streets of a city where he can vanish.
With his guide and loyal friend, Prabaker, the two penetrate Bombay's underground society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and performers, Indians and exiles from other nations, who seek what they cannot find elsewhere in this amazing location.
Lin hunts for love and purpose as a hunted man without a home, family, or identity while running a clinic in one of the city's lowest slums and performing his apprenticeship in the Mumbai mafia's dark arts. His search takes him to war, jail torture, murder, and a succession of cryptic and violent betrayalsThe keys to unlocking the mysteries and intrigues that connect Lin are held by two peopleThe f
Burning slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison agonies, criminal wars and Bollywood films, spiritual gurus and mujaheddin guerrillas---this huge novel has the world of human experience in its reach, and a passionate love for India at its heartBased on the life of the author, it is by any measure the debut of an extraordinary voice in literature| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780312330521 |
| ISBN 10 | 0312330529 |
| Title | Shantaram |
| Author | Gregory David Roberts |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2004-10-13 |
| Number of pages | 936 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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