Shantaram Gregory by David Roberts

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.

 

A Novel Of High Adventure, Great Storytelling And Moral Purpose, Based On An Extraordinary True Story Of Eight Years In The Bombay Underworld

'A literary masterpiece... at once erudite and intimate, reflective and funny... it has the grit and pace of a thriller' Daily Telegraph
'A publishing phenomenon' Sunday Times
'A gigantic, jaw-dropping, grittily authentic saga' Daily Mail

'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. Then, in case anyone thought he was slacking, he acted in Bollywood and fought with the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan... Amazingly, Roberts wrote Shantaram three times after prison guards trashed the first two versions. It's a profound tribute to his willpower... At once a high-kicking, eye-gouging adventure, a love saga and a savage yet tenderly lyrical fugitive vision.' Time Out

 

A novel of high adventure, great storytelling and moral purpose, based on an extraordinary true story of eight years in the Bombay underworld.A literary masterpiece... at once erudite and intimate, reflective and funny... it has the grit and pace of a thrillerPowerful and original... a remarkable achievementA publishing phenomenonExtraordinarily vivid... a gigantic, jaw-dropping, grittily authentic sagaUtterly unique, absolutely audacious and wonderfully wild, Shantaram is sure to catch even the most fantastic of imaginations off guard[A] sprawling, intelligent novel... full of vibrant characters... the exuberance of his prose is refreshingVivid, entertaining... Its visceral, cinematic descriptive beauty truly impressesFew stand out quite like Shantaram... nothing if not entertaining... Sometimes a big story is its own rewardVery good... vast of vision and breadthIt has a heartfelt, cinemascope feel... A sensational read[A] jaw-dropping, grittily authentic saga of lives laid bareA curious mixture of adventure story and travelogue... [a] vivid and compassionate panorama of the places and people he encounters[An] elegantly written, page-turning blockbuster... splendidly evoking an India few outsiders know