{"product_id":"ballad-of-the-whiskey-robber-a-true-story-of-bank-heists-ice-hockey-transylvanian-pelt-smuggling-moonlighting-detectives-and-broken-hearts-paperback","title":"Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulian Rubinstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-wining and \"outrageously entertaining\" true crime story (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) about the professional hockey player-turned-bank robber whose bizarre and audacious crime spree galvanized Hungary in the decade after the fall of the Iron Curtain.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the 1990s, while playing for the biggest hockey team in Budapest, Attila 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 \u003ci\u003eColumbo \u003c\/i\u003eepisodes; 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBallad of the Whiskey Robber\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Professor and the Madman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Orchid Thief\u003c\/i\u003e, Julian Rubinstein's bizarre crime story is so odd and so wicked that it is completely irresistible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A whiz-bang read...Hilarious and oddly touching...Rubinstein writes in a guns-ablazing style that perfectly fits the whiskey robber's tale.\" --\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.24 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52444289138995,"sku":"9780316010733","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/R0I1aE9WcFpwc0tYU1ZRbkcxYnZtUT09.webp?v=1758934708","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/ballad-of-the-whiskey-robber-a-true-story-of-bank-heists-ice-hockey-transylvanian-pelt-smuggling-moonlighting-detectives-and-broken-hearts-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}