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Author:	Julian Rubinstein	Edition:	1
Publisher:	Little Brown & Co	ISBN-10:	0316071676
Subject:	Biography & Autobiography	ISBN-13:	9780316071673
Topic:	--	Format:	Hardcover
Language:	--	Publication Year:	2004
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The chaotic milieu of post-communist Hungary is explored through this astonishing and humorous true story of how a struggling jack-of-all-trades became a successful bank robber and, as a result, a folk hero. An ethnic Hungarian born in Romania, Attila Ambrus crossed illegally into Hungary, where he had a great deal of trouble finding work. When he did finally secure a job--as janitor and part-time goalie for a professional hockey team--it didn't pay enough. Attempts to supplement his small income led to a successful venture in smuggling, and then to robbery, at which he became famous for his penchant for getting drunk before committing his crimes, his polite behavior during his heists, and his elusiveness. The book details both his career and those of his unusual associates and the astoundingly incompetent police force on his trail.
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Length:	319 pages
Height:	9.5 in.
Width:	6.3 in.
Thickness:	1.0 in.
Weight:	20.0 oz.

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Elmore Leonard meets Franz Kafka in the wild, improbably true story of the legendary outlaw of Budapest. Attila Ambrus was a gentleman thief, a sort of Cary Grant--if only Grant came from Transylvania, was a terrible professional hockey goalkeeper, and preferred women in leopard-skin hot pants. During the 1990s, while playing for the biggest hockey team in Budapest, Ambrus took up bank robbery to make ends meet. Arrayed against him was perhaps the most incompetent team of crime investigators the Eastern Bloc had ever seen: a robbery chief who had learned how to be a detective by watching dubbed Columbo episodes; a forensics man who wore top hat and tails on the job; and a driver so inept he was known only by a Hungarian word that translates to Mound of Ass-Head. BALLAD OF THE WHISKEY ROBBER is the completely bizarre and hysterical story of the crime spree that made a nobody into a somebody, and told a forlorn nation that sometimes the brightest stars come from the blackest holes. Like The Professor and the Madman and The Orchid Thief, Julian Rubinsteins bizarre crime story is so odd and so wicked that it is completely irresistible.
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"The author makes abundantly clear his delight in Ambrus's odd history, energy, and circle of friends; never was there a more entertaining case history of the fall of communisms in Eastern Europe. Breezy, informative, and wholly enjoyable." Kirkus (07/15/2004) "[A] rollicking tale told with glee and flair....Rubinstein...has a rootin'-tootin' style that's a perfect fit for this Jesse James-like tale, which has a chance to be a sleeper that transcends nonfiction categories." (starred review) Publishers Weekly (08/23/2004) "With a keen eye for the ridiculous, fearlessly high-speed prose and an extraordinary wealth of reported detail, Rubinstein conducts the affair like an unusually thoughtful carnival barker." New York Times Book Review - Ben Ehrenreich (11/14/2004)

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Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts

Julian Rubinstein

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Binding:	Hardcover
Book Condition:	Good
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ISBN:	0316071676
Publication Date:	2004-09
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company

Pages:	336
Height:	1.3000 inches
Width:	6.1000 inches
Weight:	1.2500 pounds

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