a radio interview produced by Michael Shirrefs
On Books & Writing this week, Shantaram—an epic novel, based on what happened when Gregory David Roberts found that ‘doing time’ for armed robbery was too much. He fled Australia, fell into the arms of India and began a vast journey of body and soul.
Greg Roberts spoke to Michael Shirrefs about his love of Bombay, about his time living and working in the Bombay slums and about the chaos of Bollywood and the violent orderliness of the Mumbai ‘mafia’.
In Shantaram, Greg Roberts manages to deliver both a riveting tale of an extreme life, as well as a modern allegory of the universal search for clarity, all told against this boisterous and colourful backdrop of Indian splendour.
Further Information
Title—Shantaram
Author—Gregory David Roberts
Publisher—Pan Macmillan Australia
ISBN—9781742611075
Credits
Guest—Gregory David Roberts
Interviewer—Michael Shirrefs
Host—Ramona Koval
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