SOLVED. Based on true story - Australian guy leaves a bad past in Oz, ends up in Mumbai, gets mixed up in gangs, ends up in prison, escapes to Goa .. [s]

[iclaudi]

This is a really good story - the guy is still alive I think and there was talk of a film. It's a thick paperback (I think the cover was blue and red) and I can't remember it's name!!!!!

[Tab]

How many years ago did you read this?
Was it an adventure, historical fiction, political thriller, etc?

Feel free to post as many details as you can about the book.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

I haven't read it but it sounds like Shantaram.



"Shantaram is a 2003 novel by Gregory David Roberts, in which a convicted Australian bank robber and heroin addict who escaped from Pentridge Prison flees to India. The novel is commended by many for its vivid portrayal of tumultuous life in Mumbai." wiki

[Anna]

Lobstergirl wrote: "I haven't read it but it sounds like Shantaram.


I have read Shantaram, and all the details fit the OP's description.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

iclaudi, is Shantaram your book?

[sallywelsh]

Yes and thanks so much for your help! What a great service this group provides!

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Sallywelsh, are you iclaudi or were you looking in the other thread for iclaudi? Or does iclaudi have nothing whatsoever to do with you? (I'm marking the other thread solved.)

[sallywelsh]

Nothing to do with me.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Moving to Solved.