Amazon.com Review Crime and punishment, passion and loyalty, betrayal and redemption are only a few of the ingredients in \*Shantaram\*, a massive, over-the-top, mostly autobiographical novel. Shantaram is the name given Mr. Lindsay, or Linbaba, the larger-than-life hero. It means "man of God's peace," which is what the Indian people know of Lin. What they do not know is that prior to his arrival in Bombay he escaped from an Australian prison where he had begun serving a 19-year sentence. He served two years and leaped over the wall. He was imprisoned for a string of armed robberies peformed to support his heroin addiction, which started when his marriage fell apart and he lost custody of his daughter. All of that is enough for several lifetimes, but for Greg Roberts, that's only the beginning. He arrives in Bombay with little money, an assumed name, false papers, an untellable past, and no plans for the future. Fortunately, he meets Prabaker right away, a sweet, smiling man who is a street guide. He takes to Lin immediately, eventually introducing him to his home village, where they end up living for six months. When they return to Bombay, they take up residence in a sprawling illegal slum of 25,000 people and Linbaba becomes the resident "doctor." With a prison knowledge of first aid and whatever medicines he can cadge from doing trades with the local Mafia, he sets up a practice and is regarded as heaven-sent by these poor people who have nothing but illness, rat bites, dysentery, and anemia. He also meets Karla, an enigmatic Swiss-American woman, with whom he falls in love. Theirs is a complicated relationship, and Karla’s connections are murky from the outset. Roberts is not reluctant to wax poetic; in fact, some of his prose is downright embarrassing. Throughought the novel, however, all 944 pages of it, every single sentence rings true. He is a tough guy with a tender heart, one capable of what is judged criminal behavior, but a basically decent, intelligent man who would never intentionally hurt anyone, especially anyone he knew. He is a magnet for trouble, a soldier of fortune, a picaresque hero: the rascal who lives by his wits in a corrupt society. His story is irresistible. Stay tuned for the prequel and the sequel. \*--Valerie Ryan\* From Publishers Weekly At the start of this massive, thrillingly undomesticated potboiler, a young Australian man bearing a false New Zealand passport that gives his name as "Lindsay" flies to Bombay some time in the early '80s. On his first day there, Lindsay meets the two people who will largely influence his fate in the city. One is a young tour guide, Prabaker, whose gifts include a large smile and an unstoppably joyful heart. Through Prabaker, Lindsay learns Marathi (a language not often spoken by gora, or foreigners), gets to know village India and settles, for a time, in a vast shantytown, operating an illicit free clinic. The second person he meets is Karla, a beautiful Swiss-American woman with sea-green eyes and a circle of expatriate friends. Lin's love for Karla—and her mysterious inability to love in return—gives the book its central tension. "Linbaba's" life in the slum abruptly ends when he is arrested without charge and thrown into the hell of Arthur Road Prison. Upon his release, he moves from the slum and begins laundering money and forging passports for one of the heads of the Bombay mafia, guru/sage Abdel Khader Khan. Eventually, he follows Khader as an improbable guerrilla in the war against the Russians in Afghanistan. There he learns about Karla's connection to Khader and discovers who set him up for arrest. Roberts, who wrote the first drafts of the novel in prison, has poured everything he knows into this book and it shows. It has a heartfelt, cinemascope feel. If there are occasional passages that would make the very angels of purple prose weep, there are also images, plots, characters, philosophical dialogues and mysteries that more than compensate for the novel's flaws. A sensational read, it might well reproduce its bestselling success in Australia here. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Shantaram : a novel

Roberts, Gregory David

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Little, Brown Book Group Limited

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Abacus; Time Warner Books Uk

Tom Doherty Associates, LLC

Sports Illustrated For Kids

Pan Macmillan Australia

St. Martin's Griffin

Wadsworth

Constable

Sphere

ATOM

1st St. Martin's Griffin edition, New York, 2005

Shantaram, bk. 1, 1st U.S. ed, New York, 2004

1st U.S. ed., New York, New York State, 2004

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

United States, United States of America

New Ed edition, March 24, 2005

New York, New York State, 2003

Shantaram, 1, New York, 2003

New Ed edition, May 6, 2004

Reprinted, London, 2008

Sydney, 2015], c2003

September 29, 2005

New Ed, 2021

London, 2004

London, 2005

First, 2005

First, 2004

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<p><p><i>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.</i><p>so Begins This Epic, Mesmerizing First Novel Set In The Underworld Of Contemporary Bombay. <i>shantaram</i> Is Narrated By Lin, An Escaped Convict With A False Passport Who Flees Maximum Security Prison In Australia For The Teeming Streets Of A City Where He Can Disappear.<p>accompanied By His Guide And Faithful Friend, Prabaker, The Two Enter Bombay's Hidden Society Of Beggars And Gangsters, Prostitutes And Holy Men, Soldiers And Actors, And Indians And Exiles From Other Countries, Who Seek In This Remarkable Place What They Cannot Find Elsewhere.<p>as A Hunted Man Without A Home, Family, Or Identity, Lin Searches For Love And Meaning While Running A Clinic In One Of The City's Poorest Slums, And Serving His Apprenticeship In The Dark Arts Of The Bombay Mafia. The Search Leads Him To War, Prison Torture, Murder, And A Series Of Enigmatic And Bloody Betrayals. The Keys To Unlock The Mysteries And Intrigues That Bind Lin Are Held By Two People. The First Is Khader Khan&#58; Mafia Godfather, Criminal-philosopher-saint, And Mentor To Lin In The Underworld Of The Golden City. The Second Is Karla&#58; Elusive, Dangerous, And Beautiful, Whose Passions Are Driven By Secrets That Torment Her And Yet Give Her A Terrible Power.<p>burning Slums And Five-star Hotels, Romantic Love And Prison Agonies, Criminal Wars And Bollywood Films, Spiritual Gurus And Mujaheddin Guerrillas&#151;-this Huge Novel Has The World Of Human Experience In Its Reach, And A Passionate Love For India At Its Heart. Based On The Life Of The Author, It Is By Any Measure The Debut Of An Extraordinary Voice In Literature.</p><h3>usa Today - Rita Bishnoi</h3><p>part Travelogue, Part Love Letter, Part Autobiography, <i>shantaram</i> Is A Vivid, Entertaining But Slightly Grandiose Tale Of Lin, An Ex-junkie And Convicted Robber Who Escapes From An Australian Prison Then Hides In The Most Alien Of Places: The Hot, Filthy, Decadent, Seaside Metropolis Of Bombay.</p>

"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. " So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay. Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of a city where he can disappear. Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter Bombay's hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere. As a hunted man without a home, family, or identity, Lin searches for love and meaning while running a clinic in one of the city's poorest slums, and serving his apprenticeship in the dark arts of the Bombay mafia. The search leads him to war, prison torture, murder, and a series of enigmatic and bloody betrayals. The keys to unlock the mysteries and intrigues that bind Lin are held by two people. The first is Khader Khan: mafia godfather, criminal-philosopher-saint, and mentor to Lin in the underworld of the Golden City. The second is Karla: elusive, dangerous, and beautiful, whose passions are driven by secrets that torment her and yet give her a terrible power. 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 heart. Based on the life of the author, it is by any measure the debut of an extraordinary voice in literature.

'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.' So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay. Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of a city where he can disappear. Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter Bombay's hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere. As a hunted man without a home, family, or identity, Lin searches for love and meaning while running a clinic in one of the city's poorest slums, and serving his apprenticeship in the dark arts of the Bombay mafia. The search leads him to war, prison torture, murder, and a series of enigmatic and bloody betrayals. The keys to unlock the mysteries and intrigues that bind Lin are held by two people. The first is Khader Khan: mafia godfather, criminal-philosopher-saint, and mentor to Lin in the underworld of the Golden City. The second is Karla: elusive, dangerous, and beautiful, whose passions are driven by secrets that torment her and yet give her a terrible power. 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 heart. Based on the life of the author, it is by any measure the debut of an extraordinary voice in literature

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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."
An escaped convict with a false passport, Lin flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of Bombay, where he can disappear. Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter the city's hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere.
As a hunted man without a home, family, or identity, Lin searches for love and meaning while running a clinic in one of the city's poorest slums, and serving his apprenticeship in the dark arts of the Bombay mafia. The search leads him to war, prison torture, murder, and a series of enigmatic and bloody betrayals. The keys to unlock the mysteries and intrigues that bind Lin are held by two people. The first is Khader Khan: mafia godfather, criminal-philosopher-saint, and mentor to Lin in the underworld of the Golden City. The second is Karla: elusive, dangerous, and beautiful, whose passions are driven by secrets that torment her and yet give her a terrible power.
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 heart.

Un prófugo de una prisión de alta seguridad en Australia y llega a Bombay dejando tras de sí toda su vida anterior: una ex - esposa y una hija de la cual ha perdido su custodia. Su nombre es Lin, pero pronto será conocido como Shantaram, el hombre de la paz de Dios. En Bombay conoce a Prabaker, su guía hindú, poseedor de una eterna sonrisa que le hace ganarse a todo el mundo. Prabaker le enseña a hablar hindú y marathi y lo sumerge en el Bombay turística y en el desconocido Bombay de los bajos fondos. Durantes este viaje conocerá a la hermosa y peligrosa, Karla, que ocultará un oscuro pasado y de la que, cómo no puede ser de otra manera, se enamorará perdidamente. La novela combina el relato épico con pasajes de gran belleza, humor y sensibilidad a la vez que conmueve la mente y el corazón e induce a la reflexión. Es por otra parte, un gran homenaje literario a Bombay.

In 1978 Gregory David Roberts Committed A Series Of Robberies While Adducted To Heroin, And Was Sentenced To Nineteen Years In Prison. After Two Years, He Escaped From A Maximum-security Prison In Broad Daylight, And Became Australia S Most Wanted Man. Hiding In Mumbai, He Established A Medical Clinic For Slum-dwellers, And Worked As A Counterfeiter, Smuggler And Gunrunner For One Of The Most Charismatic Branches Of The Mumbai Mafia. Shantaram Based On This Ten-year Period Of Gregory David Roberts Life Is A Superbly Written And Gripping Novel, And An Authentic Evocation Of Mumbai Life.

Auf der Flucht vor der australischen Polizei versteckt sich ein junger Mann zehn Jahre lang in Bombay, hält sich mit legalen und illegalen Jobs über Wasser und lernt die Stadt kennen wie kein anderer. Ein Roman voller Dramatik, Romantik und Abenteuer, der auf dem Leben des Autors beruht. A stunning debut novel based on the author's dramatic and extraordinary true story of life on the run in the Bombay underworld.

A novel based on the life of Gregory David Roberts. In 1980, Roberts escaped from Victoria's maximum-security prison, becoming one of Australia's most wanted men for the next ten years. For most of this period he lived in Bombay; he set up a free health clinic and worked for the Bombay mafia as a forger and smuggler

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In 1978 Greg Roberts turned to heroin, feeding his addiction with a string of robberies. Sentenced to prison, he escaped and fled to Bombay. Based on his life in Bombay, this is a tale of slums and mansions, Mafia and movies, and much more.

Selvbiografisk roman. I sin ungdom fik australske Gregory en 19 års dom for røveri, men det lykkedes ham at flygte, og under falsk identitet ankom han til Bombay, hvor tilværelsen passede fint til den filosofisk anlagte flygtning

The Story Of A Man Who Escapes From A Maximum Security Facility In Australia And Arrives In Bombay, Crossroads Of The Underworld, Where He Works In An Aid Station And Smuggles Drugs And Guns. Gregory David Roberts.

Having escaped an Australian maximum security prison, a disillusioned man loses himself in the slums of Bombay, where he works for a drug kingpin, smuggles arms for a crime lord, and forges bonds with fellow exiles

A novel of high adventure, great storytelling and moral purpose, based on an extraordinary true story of eight years in the Bombay underworld.

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