Shantaram
2003 • 948 pages

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Having escaped an Australian maximum security prison, a disillusioned man loses himself in the slums of Bombay, where he works for a drug mafia kingpin, smuggles arms for a crime lord, forges bonds with fellow exiles, and finds love with an elusive woman. A first novel. Reprint.


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Shantaram is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Gregory David Roberts.

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More accurately its a 4.5 stars. Second time through this quite amazing story. An amazing life & very well told. Real entertainment

March 7, 2019

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