Shantaram Characters

Shantaram, starring Shantaram as… Shantaram! The narrator, protagonist, and all-around self-involved hero of Shantaram is Shantaram, a.k.a. Lindsay or Lin Ford, a.k.a. oh, who knows? He's mysteri...

How's this for an introduction?: He was admired and feared by the rich. He was respected and mythologized by the poor. His discourses on theology and ethics, held in the courtyard of the Nabila Mos...

Karla Saaranen, a mysterious and beautiful Swiss woman that Lin meets early in his life in Bombay, turns out to be a very important figure in his adventure. Sexy, smart, and very popular, Karla is...

One of the major themes in Shantaram is friendship. The relationship that grows between Lin and his newfound Indian best buddy, Prabaker or Prabu Kharre, is an epic friendship. Prabu is almost like...

As part of his induction into Khaderbhai's group, Lin starts spending time with Abdullah—a tough, young Iranian who has a lot in common with Lin. They're both angry, both fighters, and both crazy...

A group of misfits, exiles, foreigners, and cosmopolitan Indians make up the crowd at Leopold's café and bar, which works like a microcosm of Bombay expat society. After hours, when the tourists h...

The slum, or "zhopadpatti," is not only Lin's home for several months; it's also a source for some really great characters, its inhabitants. There's his pal Johnny Cigar, who helps Lin to see that...

Just like the slum, full of its heartwarming, generally good characters, Khaderbhai's crowd is also full of folks, even if they aren't quite as big on the Hallmark sentiments. They're a bunch of to...

What a trip. This lady's out of this world, and not in a good way. She's like a symbol of all the sexual depravation and torturous cruelty that the characters in the novel have witnessed or experie...

If you think Madame Zhou's eunuch servant Rajan is creepy after reading this description, wait until you find out there are two of them:He was tall and thin. His fine, dark brown hair was pulled ba...

The rich Nigerian, Hassaan Obikwa, specializes in disappearing corpses, which actually comes in handy when Lin and Abdullah need to move Maurizio's body. He owes Lin a favor after having his life s...

We don't know about you, but we're ready to get away from the city and its shady characters. Luckily, out in the country, there are some real nice folks ready to show some Indian hospitality. There...