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Weirdness has never been quite so winning.”“Julian Rubinstein’s richly enjoyable true-crime saga… Mr. Rubinstein narrates all these farcical goings-on with a sad affection peeking through, even for the dumbest and most corrupt characters. Very funny.
Start by marking “Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts” as Want to Read: "The first time you select “Send to NOOK,” you will be taken to a Barnes & Noble page to sign into (or create) your NOOK account. Clip from BBC Drama 'Field of Blood' - … You can tell the author loved delving into this bizarre story, which takes us Westerners into a cubbyhole of the world we rarely see. If this is your first time selecting “Send to NOOK,” you will then be taken to a Barnes & Noble page to sign into (or create) your NOOK account. I am sure it will have a similar success here. This debut is the perfect summer read: compelling as hell, witty, illuminating, and really unbelievable for a nonfiction title. Ballad of the whiskey robber : a true story of bank heists, ice hockey, Transylvanian pelt smuggling, moonlighting detectives, … (When people talk of the Third World... well, Hungary could be described as the Second World; not completely backwater but riddled witYou just can't make up stuff like this. I have read this book in 1 day. A memorable tragicomedy.”“Rubinstein’s chronicle is performance art, a madcap joyride alongside one of the most endearing figures in the annals of bad behavior.”“Truth is still stranger than fiction… This is a Hollywood film waiting to be made, a crazy outlaw caper from “The Wild, Wild East.”“A beautifully crafted tale… In Rubinstein’s deft hands, Attila becomes a great tragicomic character.”“As outrageous and entertaining as any piece of fiction in recent memory, Ballad of the Whiskey Robber is a page-turner almost too fantastic to believe and too engrossing to put down.”“Arguably this is the best piece of serious literature ever written tackling the Hungarian experience in the 1990s… One of Julian Rubinstein’s best virtues is a sincere interest in, and sympathy toward, “Rubinstein has succeeded in carving out a crime niche all his own.”“A wonderful read. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
The saga of an alcoholic hockey player turned polite bank robber, who became a news sensation and Hungarian national hero by evading the local and international police for so long. You can tell the author loved delving into this bizarre story, which takes us Westerners into a cubbyhole of the world we rarely see. This mesmerizing tale reads like fictional satire, but it's all true.
A bit of history woven in very well, Communism, post-Communism, the introduction of Capitalism. This book is telling an interesting and gripping story based on true events and characters, and in the meantime describes Hungary’s post-comunist era decade in detail.A great fun read from a fascinating time in Eastern European recent history.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2017 Romania was far more oppressive than Hungary, which is why this poor guy--of Hungarian descent and stuck in Romania--hides under the carriage of a train to escape to Hungary. I didn't read the book so far. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. A Hungarian hockey player supplements his income by robbing banks. The author was very accurate in his descriptions of the people, culture, and setting. The picture on the cover with the long hair and the missing tooth must be one of the robber's disguises; in his photos he does not look remotely like that. Attila struggles to make ends meet until he stumbles across the lucrative profession of pelt smuggling. I had to let this one set for a bit before I could decide what to write in a review. Everything that you would need to put the life of Attila (the whiskey robber) in context of the world that he lived in is provided in vivid detail.