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
Shantaram is an English book published by VIJITHA YAPA BOOK PUBLICATIONS, listed under Fiction, Fiction & Literature, Novels.
Book details
| Title | Shantaram |
| Language | English |
| Cover | Soft Cover |
| ISBN | 9.78035E+12 |
| Publisher | VIJITHA YAPA BOOK PUBLICATIONS |
