Shantaram

Melbourne: Scribe (2003). First edition, 2nd impression. 8vo. 936 pp. Original red paper-covered boards, stamped in silver, in original un-priced dust-jacket. Mild edge wear, shelf and handling wear - particular wear, to spine ends and corners. A few scratches, wrinkles to gloss. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Mild shelf wear with rubbing and bumps to edges, corners - curling particular to spine crown and foot. Divots to panels. Page edges smudged and handled.

Dust Jacket: Good

Hardcover: Good

“Shantaram is a 2003 novel by Gregory David Roberts, in which a convicted Australian bank robber and heroin addict escapes from Pentridge Prison and flees to India. The novel is commended by many for its vivid portrayal of life in Bombay in the early to late 1980s. The novel is reportedly influenced by real events in the life of the author, though some claims made by Roberts are contested by others involved in the story. On 7 June 2018, it was announced that Apple Inc. was developing a television adaptation of the novel for Apple TV+ to be written by Eric Warren Singer who will also executive produce alongside David Manson, Nicole Clemens, Steve Golin, and Andrea Barron with Charlie Hunnam in the lead role.”