Ballad of the Whiskey Robber

Ballad of the Whiskey Robber is a true crime story about Attila Ambrus, a former professional hockey player who turned to bank robbery during the 1990s in Budapest. The book chronicles his audacious crime spree and the comically incompetent investigation that followed, set against the backdrop of a Hungary emerging from the Iron Curtain. With a humorous and engrossing narrative, the story explores how one man's bizarre actions captured a nation's imagination in a time of change.