Shantaram
Shantaram, Book 1
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Humphrey Bower
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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. Vivid and lyrical, some have gone so far as to call Shantaram a literary masterpiece.
A novel of high adventure, great storytelling and moral purpose, based on an extraordinary true story of eight years in the Bombay underworld.
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...
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- Khelger
- 11-03-15
Half excellent, half fluffy
I really enjoyed the first half of this book, the story the characters and the reading. From the middle onwards there were large parts that I am sure was meant to deepen our understanding of the main character, but instead came across as fluffy and somewhat of a digression. Despite this, the story is enganging and the book is worth listening to.
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- darwdoow
- 02-03-15
INCREDIBLE. I'm recommending it to everyone I know
what beautiful writing and what a life to have lived. The narrator read it wonderfully and portrayed each character so well. This was actually my first audio book (as an adult!) and any future ones have a lot to live up to!
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- Janet Constable
- 30-01-21
A Rare Treat.
Everything about this tale is superb, the narrator is excellent, but then he does have a superior adventure to convey, the many characters draw you into their world outside of the law and leave you devastated when harm or death befalls them. The bare bones of the story are auto biographical and the author’s vivid imagination puts flesh on them turning this into one of the best books that I’ve ever read. Finding it on Audible was the icing on the cake as hearing the voices of the characters lifted the tale to another dimension. David Gregory Roberts has led a charmed life and I am forever grateful that he shared it with us.
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- Mordecai
- 26-09-16
An unbelievable reading
The actor reading this work did an outstanding job, such a diverse range of character voices and his Indian accent is excellent. This story is riveting but I must say wanes towards the last 200 pages or so (the last 10 hours). Overall, thoroughly enjoyable and masterfully executed as an audio book.
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- maleficent
- 15-09-17
wonderful
what a fabulous journey , i enjoyed this so much , great naration did not want it to end .
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- Juliette
- 12-09-20
Shantaram
Loved it, especially the bear hug that was so funny😂and and love India too.❤️
Great book!
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- Anonymous User
- 26-09-18
Epic story well read
Great adventure, captured from the first chapter. Its a love, crime, war story all in one book
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- Barry Cross
- 03-06-19
Epic and totally captivating,
This book is so well narrated that it just comes to life and transports you to Bombay.
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- T. Czeres
- 01-11-19
Consume this book
I can only hope to find another book that can take me on journey like Shantaram
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- C. J. Humphris
- 21-03-19
Gripping yarn
This is a wonderful story of modern India through the eyes of an Australian rough diamond. With its mix of thrills and philosophy added to the spice of India's day to day chaos and extremes of wealth it's a great read.
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