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

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

Julian Rubinstein

11 hours, 16 minutes first pub 2004 (editions) user-added

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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 chie...

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adventurous 76%
funny 68%
informative 55%
lighthearted 23%
tense 17%
dark 10%
mysterious 8%
reflective 8%
emotional 6%
challenging 4%
hopeful 4%
sad 4%
inspiring 2%

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slow 28%
fast 6%

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