Metropolitan Police Prague 1

Martin Prinz (Austria): Der Räuber

Translation: Zuzana Augustová, Havran 2008

The Austrian author drew his inspiration from a real case of a bank robber and marathon runner, who in the 1980’s robbed a number of Austrian banks in a Ronald Reagan mask. It is not just the juicy criminal plot and the descriptions of robberies and escapes from the crime scenes that make the book interesting. The escape itself gradually becomes the main theme of the book, a metaphor for inner freedom.