Shantaram

Gregory David Roberts, 2003

The adventurous and sensational life ledby the Australian writer, Gregory Roberts,a former armed robber and heroin addict,finds literary expression in this lengthynovel. The story is narrated by LindsayFord or Lin who arrives in Bombay andbefriends a local man Prabaker. Thetwo go to Pra_baker's village where hismother gives Lin the name Shantaramor Man of God's Peace. Slums, disease,underworld operations, Bollywood,prison stints, torture, smuggling are justsome of the things dealt with in the bookwhich ends with Lin's desire to embracean honest life. i