This is a strong and satisfying novel, with A Taste That Lingers the memory. I love it very much Because of the first-person narrative and of a wonderful, admirable writing style as well.
After escaping from at Australian most inhumane prison in the early 80s, Gregory David Roberts, to armed robber and heroin addict that using the name Lindsay Ford from a false New Zealand passport for smuggling himself to India to go underground in the slum of Bombay (Mumbai ). Since he escaped, he flew across the world Because He what the most wanted man of his country.
Here he tells his story about his first trip to India. Living in the country where heart is the king, left everything behind, what he just running on instinct and pushing his luck. Accordingly to his experiences the simple and astonishing truth about India and Indian people is that, When You go there and you deal with them, your heart always guides you more wisely than your head. It was one of his best decisions of his life as he trusted the Indian fellow on sight and he got the chance to know and to love him as friend.
The luck led him to know a mysterious but beautiful woman, he has ever seen, green-eyed Karla Saaranen, on his very first day on the street of Bombay. She was reasonably good at being a friend, but at being an enemy so. In his opinion Karla had that kind of power to make men shine like the stars, or crash them to dust.
Lindsay learned some Indian languages Hindi, Marathi 'but himself Became to be wellknown by the nicknames Lin, Linbaba, Shantaram or even The Bite of the Tiger. Using his first-aid kit as the basis, he established in poverty of Bombay illegal slum a little open-air health clinic. Just trying to do the right thing, he found Often a Quantum of Solace in his work and by his friends like Prabaker Kishan Kharre or Abdullah Taheri. Fate put him into the game of the Bombay mafia. Worked as a gunrunner, as a smuggler and a counterfeiter. He found some honorable men. Of course, it is strange to hear how he and incongrous Describes criminals, killers, and mafiosi as men of honor who were amongst them. Nevertheles, he had some strange experiences and this is the gripping story of his life extremly, told with all his heart. It was a real blow to him to be buffeled by fate but he kept on his aim at writing under the hardest circumstances.
Now, Gregory David Roberts is a fulltime writer. He lives in Melbourne. He created the atmosphere of the slum in the suburbs of Bombay and its events in the richest details. His enthralling debut novel tells an adventure about love, hate, fight, betrayal and conspiracy. You can get lost for days into, not just hours.
It is really worth reading!
