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Gregory David Roberts
Gregory David Roberts was born in 1952 in Melbourne, Australia. During his student years he was a revolutionary involved in several anarchist and leftist causes.
Roberts' life took a turn for the worse in the mid-seventies, closely mirroring that of his protagonist in his bestseller Shantaram. In 1976, Roberts' marriage fell apart and he lost custody of his daughter. Around this time, he began using heroin and took up armed robbery in order to support his habit. He committed these robberies using a fake plastic gun, and he earned a reputation in Australia as ""the Gentleman Bandit"" due to his polite demeanor during his crimes. In 1978, Roberts was captured and imprisoned. Two years later, Roberts escaped from the ""escape proof"" HM Prison Pentridge in Australia.
Roberts fled to Maharashtra, where he lived in a remote village for six months and learned the Hindu and Marathi languages. He established a free clinic in a Bombay slum. Roberts was recruited by the Bombay mafia and worked in illegal passports and currency. He went to Afghanistan on a gunrunning operation and was wounded.
After a short return to Bombay, Roberts moved to Germany, where he began to work as a singer in a rock band. He had previously worked as an entertainer in Bombay's Bollywood movie industry and appeared in several movies. In time, the European police learned of his true identity and arrested him. He escaped from custody twice more, in Italy and Switzerland, before returning to Bombay.
While smuggling drugs in Europe, Roberts was captured by Frankfurt authorities and imprisoned. He served two years in Europe before being shipped to Australia, where he served two years in solitary confinement, during which time he began work on Shantaram. Following several more years serving out his term, Roberts finished his novel, which became a major success. He has since sold the film rights to the book to Warner Brothers and plans on writing the screenplay himself.
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Shantaram, ime koje znači Čovjek Božjeg Mira, dobio je onaj koji mu se najmanje nadao – odbjegli zatvorenik, bivši ovisnik i pljačkaš, očajnik koji je iz Australije pobjegao u Indiju s krivotvorenim ispravama, bez prošlosti, bez nade, bez imena.
A čime stranac može zaslužiti takvo ime u prenapučenom, kaotičnom, zastrašujućem i zadivljujućem gradu poput Bombaya?
Baš kao i njegov tvorac Gregory David Roberts, junak romana Shantaram zaronit će u Indiju ne štedeći se i otvorena srca – spoznat će i raj i pakao, živjeti u najsiromašnijem slamu, lijećiti u improviziranoj klinici, naukovati kod kralja bombayske mafije.
Potraga za iskupljenjem vodit će ga kroz Indiju kakvu je iskusio malokoji zapadnjak: u društvu prosjaka i gangstera, mudraca i glumaca, prostitutki i svetaca prolazit će kroz tržnice ljudima i pušionice opijuma, kroz skrovita mjesta koja mogu promijeniti svako srce, sve do zatvora i rata, sve do izdaje i ubojstva.
Shantaram je epski, po mnogoćemu zadivljujući roman, koji osvaja pričom iza koje stoji golemo, fascinantno životno iskustvo njezina autora.
Ako postoji književno djelo koje za pogled izvana može otključati Indiju – od najblistavijih do najmračnijih njezinih mjesta – onda je to ovaj roman, pun ljudskog razumijevanja, iskrenosti i ljubavi.
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