In 1978, gifted student and writer Greg Roberts turned to heroin when his marriage collapsed, feeding his addiction with a string of robberies. Caught and convicted, he was given a nineteen-year sentence. After two years, he escaped from a maximum- security prison, spending the next ten years on the run as Australia's most wanted man. Hiding in Bombay, he established a medical clinic for slum- dwellers, worked in the Bollywood film industry and served time in the notorious Arthur Road prison. He was recruited by one of the most charismatic branches of the Bombay mafia for whom he worked as a forger, counterfeiter, and smuggler, and fought alongside a unit of mujaheddin guerrilla fighters in Afghanistan. His debut novel, SHANTARAM, is based on this ten-year period of his life in Bombay. The result is an epic tale of slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison torture, mafia gang wars and Bollywood films. A gripping adventure story, SHANTARAM is also a superbly written meditation on good and evil and an authentic evocation of Bombay life.
CONTRIBUTORS: Gregory David RobertsEAN: 9780349117546COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 644 gHEIGHT: 196 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Little, Brown Book GroupDATE PUBLISHED: 2005-03-24CITY: GENRE: FICTION / General, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / GeneralWIDTH: 128 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery fiction
A literary masterpiece... at once erudite and intimate, reflective and funny... it has the grit and pace of a thriller, Powerful and original... a remarkable achievement, A publishing phenomenon, Extraordinarily vivid... a gigantic, jaw-dropping, grittily authentic saga, Utterly unique, absolutely audacious and wonderfully wild, Shantaram is sure to catch even the most fantastic of imaginations off guard
Gregory David Roberts is an author, songwriter, composer and artist. He's best known for his bestselling novel Shantaram, which has sold over 7 million copies and was hailed as a masterpiece by critics. It has been translated into 44 languages, sold in over 116 countries and been adapted into an Apple TV series. Roberts retired from public life in 2014 to devote time to his family and new writing projects.
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In 1978, gifted student and writer Greg Roberts turned to heroin when his marriage collapsed, feeding his addiction with a string of robberies. Caught and convicted, he was given a nineteen-year sentence. After two years, he escaped from a maximum- security prison, spending the next ten years on the run as Australia's most wanted man. Hiding in Bombay, he established a medical clinic for slum- dwellers, worked in the Bollywood film industry and served time in the notorious Arthur Road prison. He was recruited by one of the most charismatic branches of the Bombay mafia for whom he worked as a forger, counterfeiter, and smuggler, and fought alongside a unit of mujaheddin guerrilla fighters in Afghanistan. His debut novel, SHANTARAM, is based on this ten-year period of his life in Bombay. The result is an epic tale of slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison torture, mafia gang wars and Bollywood films. A gripping adventure story, SHANTARAM is also a superbly written meditation on good and evil and an authentic evocation of Bombay life.
CONTRIBUTORS: Gregory David RobertsEAN: 9780349117546COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 644 gHEIGHT: 196 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Little, Brown Book GroupDATE PUBLISHED: 2005-03-24CITY: GENRE: FICTION / General, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / GeneralWIDTH: 128 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery fiction
Gregory David Roberts is an author, songwriter, composer and artist. He's best known for his bestselling novel Shantaram, which has sold over 7 million copies and was hailed as a masterpiece by critics. It has been translated into 44 languages, sold in over 116 countries and been adapted into an Apple TV series. Roberts retired from public life in 2014 to devote time to his family and new writing projects.
What a beautiful book ❤️ the narrative of Indigenous African Spirituality I will gladly share with my children in the near future written by Imboni yesizwe and well researched by AHV.
All of the books in this series have wonderful life lessons. They are simple and easy to read. Bear Grylls has a wealth of knowledge and it shows in the books. My son loved them.