Shantaram
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Shantaram
| Author | Gregory David Roberts |
|---|---|
| Published | 2003 |
| Pages | 936 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | An escaped Australian convict makes a life in 1980s Bombay — slum clinic, black market, the city’s informal economy — in a novel drawn from the author’s own years there. An unusually detailed account of how an informal urban economy actually functions. |
Where I heard about it
- A reply to @moseskagan — named in answer to his question “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” in a thread on X, April 2025 — less conventional history than the other answers. The full recovered list lives on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
Connections
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- City Building — Bombay’s informal economy is the setting and the subject.
What links here
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