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Odin iz samyh porazitel'nyh romanov nachala XXI veka. Eta prelomlennaya v hudozhestvennoj forme ispoved' cheloveka, kotoryj sumel vybrat'sya iz bezdny i ucelet', protaranila vse spiski bestsellerov i zasluzhila vostorzhennye sravneniya s proizvedeniyami luchshih pisatelej novogo vremeni, ot Melvilla do Hemingueya. Podobno avtoru, geroj etogo romana mnogo let skryvalsya ot zakona. Lishennyj posle razvoda s zhenoj roditel'skih prav, on pristrastilsya k narkotikam, sovershil ryad ograblenij i byl prigovoren avstralijskim sudom k devyatnadcati godam zaklyucheniya. Bezhav na vtoroj god iz tyur'my strogogo rezhima, on dobralsya do Bombeya, gde byl fal'shivomonetchikom i kontrabandistom, torgoval oruzhiem i uchastvoval v razborkah indijskoj mafii, a takzhe nashel svoyu nastoyashchuyu lyubov', chtoby vnov' poteryat' ee, chtoby snova najti… 'CHelovek, kotorogo 'SHantaram' ne tronet do glubiny dushi, libo ne imeet serdca, libo mertv, libo to i drugoe odnovremenno. YA uzhe mnogo let ne chital nichego s takim naslazhdeniem. 'SHantaram' — 'Tysyacha i odna noch'' nashego veka. Eto bescennyj podarok dlya vsekh, kto lyubit chitat''. Dzhonatan Kerroll