Shantaram John Masters 'First there was a phone

'First there was a phone call from a stranger

author of Sunday Times bestseller Good Me Bad Me**

listening to a bit of light jazz

'In the circus there is a secret heart ' - a place of contained wildness where the barriers between the human and animal world are fluid

and decides to give his own defence speech

Shantaram John Masters 'First there was a phone'In the early 80s, Gregory David Roberts, an armed robber and heroin addict, escaped from an Australian prison to India, where he lived in a Bombay slum. There, he established a free health clinic and also joined the mafia, working as a money launderer, forger and street soldier. He found time to learn Hindi and Marathi, fall in love, and spend time being worked over in an Indian jail. Then, in case anyone thought he was slacking, he acted in