He wrote his book while in prison in Australia after being extradited from Germany. Roberts, was known as "the building society bandit" during his years as a criminal in Melbourne when he escaped from Pentridge in 1980 and was captured in Frankfurt a decade later. He fled to India after and became a part of the Bombay mafia. With Roberts' own life mirroring the character's arc of Lindsay, the protagonist - a heroin addict who becomes a bank robber, gets caught and then escapes from prison in broad daylight becoming one of the country's most wanted men. Is the Mountain Shadow as good as Shantaram The short answer is no. He is a former heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from Pentridge Prison in 1980 and fled to India, where he lived for ten years. Although the author, Roberts, has insisted that it was all spun out of thin air, few probably believe it. Gregory David Roberts (born Gregory John Peter Smith 21 June 1952) is an Australian author best known for his novel Shantaram. Needless to say, he's quite the mystery.Īn Australian man, whose life fell apart after a divorce in the most unimaginable way, Shantaram's story has long been debated as fact or fiction. Now, it has caught Apple TV +'s eye, with Charlie Hunnam set to play the character in a series based on the book. Drawing on sacred traditions, rigorous logic and the six-year instruction of his spiritual teacher, Roberts describes the step-by-step process he followed in search of spiritual connection - a process that anyone, of any belief or none. It's been almost two decades give or take since Gregory David Roberts' 'Shantaram' captured the fancy of readers around the globe. The author of the international bestseller Shantaram takes us on a gripping personal journey of wonder and insight into science, belief, faith and devotion.
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