He set up a free health clinic in the slums, acted in Bollywood movies, worked for the Bombay mafia as a forger, counterfeiter, and smuggler and, as a gun-runner, resupplied a unit of mujaheddin guerrilla fighters in Afghanistan. In July 1980 he escaped from Victoria's maximum-security prison in broad daylight, thereby becoming one of Australia's most wanted men for what turned out to be the next ten years.For most of this period he lived in Bombay. In 1978 Roberts was sentenced to nineteen years imprisonment as punishment for a series of robberies of building-society branches, credit unions, and shops he had committed while addicted to heroin. A gripping adventure story, SHANTARAM is also a superbly written meditation on good and evil and an authentic evocation of Bombay life.'It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured.' Shantaram is a novel based on the life of the author, Gregory David Roberts. Now a major television series from Apple TV+ starring Charlie Hunnam It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate. The result is an epic tale of slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison torture, mafia gang wars and Bollywood films. His debut novel, SHANTARAM, is based on this ten-year period of his life in Bombay. Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum. He was recruited by one of the most charismatic branches of the Bombay mafia for whom he worked as a forger, counterfeiter, and smuggler, and fought alongside a unit of mujaheddin guerrilla fighters in Afghanistan. SKU: 9780312330538 Categories: Books, English Books, Fiction. Hiding in Bombay, he established a medical clinic for slum- dwellers, worked in the Bollywood film industry and served time in the notorious Arthur Road prison. After two years, he escaped from a maximum- security prison, spending the next ten years on the run as Australia's most wanted man.

Caught and convicted, he was given a nineteen-year sentence. Read Shantaram reviews, author details and.

He looked every bit the part of a man who lived the life written about in this book. In 1978, gifted student and writer Greg Roberts turned to heroin when his marriage collapsed, feeding his addiction with a string of robberies. -Buy Shantaram book online at best prices in India on Bookish Santa and enjoy Free Shipping. I met Gregory David Roberts when the story was released.

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