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Shantaram Study Guide & Essays

by Gregory David Roberts

Shantaram is the action-filled story of Lin, a character based very closely on the author, Gregory David Roberts. The novel chronicles approximately seven years in Roberts' amazing life, from his arrival in Bombay in 1982 until his departure from Bombay in the late eighties (though we don't actually…

Shantaram is a chronicle of the life of Lin as he spends seven years living in Bombay. The Shantaram study guide contains a biography of author Gregory David Roberts, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

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Posted By aniger a #100057 at Aug 02, 2009 12:51 PM

Karla

Is Karla 100% fiction or is she a part of the real life?

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Posted By artemiy k #189805 at Jun 10, 2011 12:26 AM

I've read a lot about strong cast and varna system in India.

Why have Lin never encountered this phenomenon in the book.

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Posted By roohani d #177289 at Apr 02, 2011 10:31 AM

Why was the Afghan-Russian war important for Khaderbhai?

Why did he care about the war so much that he planned every small detail of it out right from the beginning - setting Lin up and all?

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Posted By darling s #63260 at Sep 03, 2008 2:21 AM

fiction or non-fiction

how realistic is Shantaram and how much of it really happened to roberts?

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