Australien / Roman Erzählung Australische Belletristik / Roman Erzählung Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman Erzählung gregory david roberts the mountain shadow bestseller tv series apple tv true crime memoir international fiction literary thriller drama suspense action adventure australia india mumbai 20th century bank robber theft drugs prison
Art Nr.: 0349117543
ISBN 13: 9780349117546
Release Year: 2005
Published by: Little, Brown Book Group
Cover: Taschenbuch
Cover Format: 195x130x45 mm
Pages: 933
Weight: 639 g
Language: Englisch
Author: Gregory David Roberts
NEUWARE - Portofrei innerhalb Deutschlands! |
Alle Artikel werden von uns professionell verpackt, so dass die Beschädigungsgefahr beim Versand minimiert wird.
Australien / Roman Erzählung Australische Belletristik / Roman Erzählung Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman Erzählung gregory david roberts the mountain shadow bestseller tv series apple tv true crime memoir international fiction literary thriller drama suspense action adventure australia india mumbai 20th century bank robber theft drugs prison
A novel of high adventure, great storytelling and moral purpose, based on an extraordinary true story of eight years in the Bombay underworld
'A literary masterpiece... at once erudite and intimate, reflective and funny... it has the grit and pace of a thriller' Daily Telegraph
'A publishing phenomenon' Sunday Times
'A gigantic, jaw-dropping, grittily authentic saga' Daily Mail
'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