Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

excellent condition

'It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured.?'

"Shantaram is not so much a mirror as a mirror ball, spinning with relentless drive, dazzling but ungraspable. And, again, audacious.

Gloriously audacious' - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

'[A] sprawling, intelligent novel... full of vibrant characters... But Bombay itself is Shantaram's strongest performance and Roberts's love of India and the people who live there is unmistakable and a joy to read about.. Roberts brings us through Bombay's slums and opium houses, its prostitution dens, and ex-pat bars, saying, You come now. And we follow

- THE WASHINGTON POST

With the grand sweep and scale of a Bollywood movie, Shantaram is unlike any other Australian novel for quite some time... this is a rip-roaring read... Full of jail-house philosophy, human frailty and resilience, Suf wisdom and street-fighting tactics, Shantaram is by turns inspiring, hair-raising and poignant'

- AUSTRALIAN BOOKSELLER & PUBLISHER