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Shantaram Chapter 24 Summary

  • Lin sails to an island called Goa to find Karla. He rents a motorcycle and rides around on the beaches looking for her.
  • An innkeeper points him to an empty hut. He leaves his bike there and goes to the beach to smoke.
  • He buys some melon from a vendor and Karla suddenly sits down next to him.
  • They talk about whether or not they believe in love and about the last night they saw each other, the night that Lin was put in jail.
  • A man approaches them and asks for some charras (pot resin), and then gives them a blessing.
  • Lin tells Karla that he loves her, and they make love on the beach.
  • They spend a week in Goa touring, and Lin lets Karla know about his criminal history in Australia.
  • On the last night of his trip, Karla asks Lin to stay with her. He asks her to go with him. They can't agree, and he leaves angrily.