Gregory David Roberts: Shantaram. Printed book.

One of the most remarkable novels of the early 21st century. This confession, refracted through an artistic lens, of a man who managed to climb out of the abyss and survive, smashed through every bestseller list and earned enthusiastic comparisons to the works of the best writers of the modern era, from Melville to Hemingway. Like the author, the protagonist of this novel hid from the law for many years. Deprived of parental rights after divorcing his wife, he became addicted to drugs, committed a series of robberies, and was sentenced by an Australian court to nineteen years in prison. Having escaped from a maximum-security prison in his second year, he made his way to Bombay, where he worked as a counterfeiter and smuggler, traded arms, and took part in Indian mafia feuds, as well as finding his true love, only to lose her again, and find her once more…

Author: Gregory David Roberts

Translation: Lev Vysotsky, Mikhail Abushik

Pages: 864 (newsprint) Hardcover

Dimensions: 240x150x55 mm