![]() ![]() He wrote his book while in prison in Australia after being extradited from Germany. sort by Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. 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. Books by Gregory David Roberts (Author of Shantaram) Books by Gregory David Roberts Gregory David Roberts Average rating 4.24 219,078 ratings 16,989 reviews shelved 470,600 times Showing 18 distinct works. 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. Although the author, Roberts, has insisted that it was all spun out of thin air, few probably believe it. ![]() ![]() 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. Shantaram is a 2003 novel by Gregory David Roberts, in which a convicted Australian bank robber and heroin addict who escaped from Pentridge Prison flees to India. Now, it has caught Apple TV +'s eye, with Charlie Hunnam set to play the character in a series based on the book. It's been almost two decades give or take since Gregory David Roberts' 'Shantaram' captured the fancy of readers around the globe. ![]()
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