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

3.0

The true story about post-communism Hungary's most successful bank robber. I think it captures the gonzo spirit of the transition period (at least when I told my wife about it, she says "yup, that's what it was like") and if you had a cast of characters this colorful in fiction, nobody would believe it. It dragged a bit toward the end, though. Real life doesn't give us a clean three-act story. And the authorial voice was a bit too much "isn't eastern Europe wacky?"