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Shantaram

Gregory David Roberts

Book 1 of Shantaram

948 pages

About this book

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.

Themes
Epic & AdventurousThrilling & PropulsiveHeartfelt & EmotionalDark & BroodingThought-ProvokingRedemption through self-exileFinding family in chaosThe seduction of the underworld
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