Word: gurmukh
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...what a story it is. Thompson's subject is Charles Sobhraj, alias Charles Gurmukh, alias Charles Gurmukh, alias Alian Passaint, alias Lobo, alias Alain Gauthier. Conceived in Vietnam and raised in France, the young Charles is shuttled back and forth from his native Asia to the French countryside. As a youngster, he learns the tools of his trade quickly, throwing the blame for his own plots on others and magically convincing those around him to do what he asks. By the age of 24, Sobhraj is a man disowned by both father and nation, befriended only by a lone Frenchman...
...passports of his victims, that it was difficult to learn who he really was. The French Interior Ministry said he was one Charles Dumurcq, 32, who had been officially expelled from France in 1974 after a series of thefts and frauds. In India, however, Gauthier used the name Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj. New Delhi officials said he had been born in Saigon of an Indian father and a French-Vietnamese mother. Gauthier is believed to have spent his boyhood in Paris and trained as an engineer in Japan. Along the way, he learned six languages and became a master of karate...
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