Shantaram
by Gregory David Roberts
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1920769005
- ISBN 13
- 9781920769000
- Seller
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Synopsis
Gregory David Roberts penned Shantaram as a mostly autobiographical novel. Shantaram is the name given to the main character, Mr. Lindsay Ford, also known as Linbaba. Ford is a convicted Australian bank robber and heroin addict who escaped and made his way to Mumbai, planning on leaving for Germany, but ends up staying and setting up a free health clinic in the slums, staying for over 10 years.
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- Bookseller
- BOOKNEST (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 104060
- Title
- Shantaram
- Author
- Gregory David Roberts
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1920769005
- ISBN 13
- 9781920769000
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- BZDB291 Fiction; fugitives ; India; escapes . Shantaram
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