The manuscript was destroyed twice by prison staff while Roberts was writing it. During his second stay in Australian prison, he began writing Shantaram. His intention was to serve the rest of his sentence to give himself the chance to be reunited with his family. According to Roberts, he escaped prison again during that time but thought better of it and smuggled himself back into jail. He was extradited to Australia and served a further six years in prison, two of which were spent in solitary confinement. In 1990, Roberts was captured in Frankfurt, trying to smuggle himself into the country. He escaped from Pentridge Prison in 1980. Īt the time, Roberts believed that his manner lessened the brutality of his acts but, later in his life, he admitted that people only gave him money because he had made them afraid. He wore a three-piece suit, and he always said "please" and "thank you" to the people he robbed. To finance his drug habit, he turned to crime, becoming known as the "Building Society Bandit" and the "Gentleman Bandit", because he only robbed institutions with adequate insurance. Roberts reportedly became addicted to heroin after his marriage ended and he lost custody of his young daughter. 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. Gregory David Roberts (born Gregory John Peter Smith 1952 ) is an Australian author best known for his novel Shantaram.
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