![]() ![]() The Extraordinary Storyline of SHANTARAM, takes us from the moments of Gregory’s breakout from prison, to his journey to, and within, India. WHY YOU SHOULD READ IT? BECAUSE, it is jammed packed with great storytelling, taking its readers on the many adventures and dotted with some thought provoking Moral Purpose. The book is a LONG READ, what with some 900 odd pages?. The Australian Author, Gregory David Roberts, who had been a heroin addict and a convicted bank robber, escaped from the Pentridge Prison in 1980. SHANTARAM is a Novel based on many of the Author’s True Life Experiences, and supposedly, some fictional bits added. THE TITLE OF THE BOOK, SHANTARAM, is derived from the Marathi Name that the author Gregory had been given by his Friend Prabaker’s Mother, which means “MAN OF PEACE” OR “MAN OF GOD’S PEACE”. ![]()
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