Книга: Gregory David Roberts «Shantaram»
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Серия: "-" In 1978, gifted student and writer Greg Roberts turned to heroin when his marriage collapsed, feeding his addiction with a string of robberies. Caught and convicted, he was given a nineteen-year sentence. After two years, he escaped from a maximum-security prison, spending the next ten years on the run as Australia's most wanted man. 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. 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. His debut novel, SHANTARAM, is based on this ten-year period of his life in Bombay. The result is an epic tale of slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison torture, mafia gang wars and Bollywood films. A gripping adventure story, SHANTARAM is also a superbly written meditation on good and evil and an authentic evocation of Bombay life. Издательство: "Little, Brown and Company" (2005)
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Gregory David Roberts
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Gregory David Roberts (born June
Early life
In 1978, Roberts was sentenced to 19 years imprisonment for a series of armed robberies of building-society branches, credit unions and shops, committed with a toy pistol while addicted to heroin. In a 3-month spree in 1977, armed with an imitation pistol, he netted about $38,000 from 24 armed robberies. [cite web |url= http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2003/s922049.htm |title= Building Society Bandit hits big time |accessdate=2008-09-21 |last= Gearin |first= Mary |coauthors= |date=
Writing career
The novel, a thriller based on his experiences during his time spent in Mumbai, is titled "Shantaram", the character's name given to him by his best friend's mother, which means "Man of Peace," or "Man of God's Peace."Since completing "Shantaram", Roberts returned to Mumbai to live, and set up charitable foundations to assist the city's poor health care coverage. Roberts also wrote the original screenplay for the movie adaptation of "Shanataram" as well as the screenplay for the 2008 film, "Allegra". [cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=df074fc7-39d2-4ca0-860e-c259a1eba85e&&Headline=EMShantaram%2fEM+reloaded&strParent=strParentID |title= "Shantaram" reloaded |accessdate=2008-09-21 |last= Gehi |first= Reema |coauthors= |date=
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References
* Roberts, Gregory David, (2003) "Shantaram" Carlton North, Vic. Scribe Publications ISBN 1920769005.
* Rule, Andrew & Silvester, John, "Underbelly 5".
Источник: Gregory David Roberts
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