In 1978, gifted student and writer Greg Roberts turned toheroin when his marriage collapsed, feeding his addiction with astring of robberies. Caught and convicted, he was given anineteen-year sentence. After two years, he escaped from a maximum-security prison, spending the next ten years on the run asAustralia's most wanted man. Hiding in Bombay, he established amedical clinic for slum- dwellers, worked in the Bollywood filmindustry and served time in the notorious Arthur Road prison. Hewas recruited by one of the most charismatic branches of the Bombaymafia for whom he worked as a forger, counterfeiter, and smuggler,and fought alongside a unit of mujaheddin guerrilla fighters inAfghanistan. His debut novel, SHANTARAM, is based on this ten-yearperiod of his life in Bombay. The result is an epic tale of slumsand five-star hotels, romantic love and prison torture, mafia gangwars and Bollywood films. A gripping adventure story, SHANTARAM isalso a superbly written meditation on good and evil and anauthentic evocation of Bombay life.
【作者简介】
Greg Roberts was born in Melbourne. He speaks four languagesand has travelled widely in Asia, Africa and Europe. He is now afull-time writer.
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