Ballad of the Whiskey Robber

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"A WHIZ-BANG READ. . . . HILARIOUS AND DDDLY TDUCHING. . . . RUBINSTEIN WRITES IN A GUNS-ABLA2ING STYLE THAT PERFECTLY FITS THE WHISKEY RDBBER'S TALE." -SALDN
Attila Ambrus was a gBntlEman thief, a sort of Gary Grant—if only Grant came from Transylvania, was a terrible prafssslanal hnckey gnalkeeper. 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. His opponents: a police chief who learned how to be a detective via dubbed episodes of Columbo; a deputy so dense he was known only by his Hungarian nickname, Mound of Asshead: and a forensics expert-cum-ballet teacher who wore a top hat and tails on the job.
Part Pink Panther, part The Unbearable Lightness ^ Being, part Slap Shot, this uproariously funny, exuberantly praised book tells the remarkable story of a crTTne spree that galvanized a forlorn nation and made a nobody into a... Tovább

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"A WHIZ-BANG READ. . . . HILARIOUS AND DDDLY TDUCHING. . . . RUBINSTEIN WRITES IN A GUNS-ABLA2ING STYLE THAT PERFECTLY FITS THE WHISKEY RDBBER'S TALE." -SALDN
Attila Ambrus was a gBntlEman thief, a sort of Gary Grant—if only Grant came from Transylvania, was a terrible prafssslanal hnckey gnalkeeper. 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. His opponents: a police chief who learned how to be a detective via dubbed episodes of Columbo; a deputy so dense he was known only by his Hungarian nickname, Mound of Asshead: and a forensics expert-cum-ballet teacher who wore a top hat and tails on the job.
Part Pink Panther, part The Unbearable Lightness ^ Being, part Slap Shot, this uproariously funny, exuberantly praised book tells the remarkable story of a crTTne spree that galvanized a forlorn nation and made a nobody into a somebody—a tale so outrageous that it could only be true.
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"A madcap jay ride alongside ane af the mast endearing figures in the annals of bad behaviar." —Men's Journal
"Rubinstein has found a story of the sort that would make even the most dry-mouthed journalist slobber. Sometimes sad, often hilarious, and always absurd." — New York Times Book Review
"Every once in a while a criminal with style, with panache, throws a light on deeper evils in the social structure. Ambrus did that, and so does this very funny and, at the same time, very acute book." -National Geographic Adventure
"A wonderful read." -Sports Illustrated
JULIAN RUBINSTEIN has written for the t^ York Times Magazine. Rolling StDHB. Details. Sports Illustrated, Salon, and other publications. His work has been selected for the Best American Crime Writing antholagy and twice has been cited by The Best American Sports Writing. For more information, visit jullanrublnstein.com.
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Cover design by Kelly Blair
Cover illustrations by Seth
Author photograph by Michael Parmelee
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