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David roberts shantaram
David roberts shantaram






Importantly, Shantaram is a novel, not an autobiography, despite the fact that the main character is a man very much like himself who escapes an Australian prison and flees to India. Back in his home country, and back in prison, he began to write the novel Shantaram, which was apparently destroyed by guards twice before he was released six years later. When he finally got caught, he escaped from Australia’s Pentridge Prison and managed to flee to India, where he spent 10 years before he was captured trying to smuggle himself into Germany. This is a man who was known in his younger days as “the gentleman bandit” for his polite demeanor when he robbed banks to support his heroin habit.

david roberts shantaram

He wasn’t familiar to me, anyway, but spend a moment on his Wikipedia page and your curiosity will be piqued. Gregory David Roberts is one of the most interesting men you’ve never heard of.








David roberts shantaram