num_pages: 43
description: [This is the MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.]* One of AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of 2007 *This mesmerizing first novel tells the epic journey of Lin, an escaped convict who flees maximum security prison in Australia to disappear into the underworld of contemporary Bombay, a hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, actors and exiles. Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, Lin searches for love and meaning while running a clinic in one of the city's poorest slums and serving his apprenticeship in the dark arts of the Bombay mafia. The keys to unlock the mysteries that bind Lin are held by two his mentor Khader Khan, mafia godfather and criminal-philosopher, and the beautiful, elusive Karla, whose passions are driven by dangerous secrets. Based on the life of the author, this extraordinary debut has the world of human experience in its reach.
language: English
title: Shantaram
titlecomplete: Shantaram (Library Edition)
characters: Abdel Khader Khan, Abdullah Taheri, Lin Ford, Prabaker, Didier, Lisa, Karla Saraanen, Nazeer
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Asia, India, Novels, Travel, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Crime, Unfinished
ratings_count: 208971
places: Australia, Bombay, Afghanistan, India
series: Shantaram
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book (the Pacific Region)
publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.