![]() ![]() Then, in case anyone thought he was slacking, he acted in Bollywood and fought with the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan.Īmazingly, Roberts wrote Shantaram three times after prison guards trashed the first two versions. He found time to learn Hindi and Marathi, fall in love, and spend time being worked over in an Indian jail. There, he established a free health clinic and also joined the mafia, working as a money launderer, forger and street soldier. ![]() 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. Vivid and lyrical, some have gone so far as to call Shantaram a literary masterpiece.Ī novel of high adventure, great storytelling and moral purpose, based on an extraordinary true story of eight years in the Bombay underworld. In a spectacular 43 hours of storytelling, Gregory David Roberts and narrator Humphrey Bower take listeners on a rollercoaster of a journey through the streets and slums of India. ![]()
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