Gregory David Roberts (born Gregory John Peter Smith; 1952) is an Australian author best known for his novel Shantaram. 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. Life. Gregory David Roberts (GDR) is an Australian artist, composer, songwriter, and author of Shantaram, its sequel, The Mountain Shadow, and The Spiritual Path. Following the breakdown of his marriage and the loss of custody of his daughter, he turned to heroin to numb the pain, and crime to feed his habit. In 1978, Roberts was sentenced to 19.
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Gregory David Roberts's "Shantaram" was an unlikely publishing sensation. Literary purists scoffed at its purple prose; Indian (and many other) readers bristled at its stereotypes and. Gregory David Roberts. Cargo Gregory David Roberts is the Australian-born writer of Shantaram (2003), a best-selling novel based on his experiences as a heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from Melbourne's. Gregory David Roberts was born in 1952 in Melbourne, Australia. In interviews and on his website, Roberts talks little of his childhood years. During his student years he was a revolutionary involved in several anarchist and leftist causes. He lists these myriad causes on shantaram.com as follows: "Founder member, Anarchist People's.
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Gregory David Roberts (GDR), is an author, songwriter, composer and artist. He's best known for his best-selling novel Shantaram, which has sold over 7 million copies and was hailed "a masterpiece" by critics. It has been translated into 44 languages and is sold in over 116 countries. Gregory David Roberts (GDR) is an Australian artist, composer, songwriter, and author of Shantaram, its sequel, The Mountain Shadow, and The Spiritual Path. Following the breakdown of his marriage and the loss of custody of his daughter, he turned to heroin to numb the pain, and crime to feed his habit. In 1978, Roberts was sentenced to 19. International best-selling author, artist and songwriter, Gregory David Roberts (GDR), is best known for the critically acclaimed novel Shantaram, which has sold over six million copies and hailed. Gregory David Roberts (GDR), is an author, songwriter, composer and artist. He's best known for his best-selling novel Shantaram, which has sold over 7 million copies and was hailed "a masterpiece" by critics. It has been translated into 44 languages and is sold in over 116 countries. A TV series based on Shantaram is due to air on Apple.
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Gregory David Roberts, the author of Shantaram and its sequel, The Mountain Shadow, was born in Melbourne, Australia.Sentenced to nineteen years in prison for a series of armed robberies, he escaped and spent ten of his fugitive years in Bombay—where he established a free medical clinic for slum-dwellers, and worked as a counterfeiter, smuggler, gunrunner, and street soldier for a branch of. Gregory David Roberts is known for Shantaram (2022), Paanch Papi (1989) and The Mountain Shadow. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. TV Shows.
Shantaram is a 2003 novel by Gregory David Roberts, in which a convicted Australian bank robber and heroin addict escapes from Pentridge Prison and flees to India. The novel is commended by many for its vivid portrayal of life in Bombay in the early to late 1980s.. The novel is reportedly influenced by real events in the life of the author, though some claims made by Roberts are contested by. Gregory David Roberts. Average rating 4.24 · 230,720 ratings · 17,757 reviews · shelved 503,817 times. Showing 18 distinct works. sort by. Shantaram. by. Gregory David Roberts (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 212,570 ratings — published 2003 — 199 editions. Want to Read.
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The real-life adventures of 'Shantaram' Gregory David Roberts, who went from being an idealistic philosophy student and activist, to becoming a heroin addict. Gregory David Roberts is an Australian writer who is best known for the novel Shantaram. Roberts, born in June 1952, overcame a debilitating heroin addiction and crime life to engineer a successful writing career that is to a large extent a chronicle of his earlier struggles. Roberts became a heroin addict leading to a strain in his marriage.
