格里高利·大卫·罗伯兹(Gregory David Roberts),出生于澳大利亚墨尔本,他的“真实经历”比任何小说都更具传奇色彩,从学生时代就是个激进的运动分子,活跃于各种反战、组织,深信自己可以改变世界。优异的天赋,使他成为大学中年轻的哲学和文学讲师,却在25岁婚姻破裂,失去妻子,更失去5岁爱女的监护权。他选择用洛因来填补生命中乍然到来的空洞,从一个理想主义者为毒虫。
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 . . . At once a high-kicking, eye-gouging adventure, a love saga and a savage yet tenderly lyrical fugitive vision.' Time Out
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