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Krumnagel

By: Peter Ustinov
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN: 0671033220
ISBN-13: 9780671033224
Released: 04 May 1999
RRP: £5.99
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Intellectual irony and hilarity fans rejoice! - By: A BookReader, 09 Sep 2006
Genius Ustiinov! This one is a must! It starts by taking a Chief of Police Bartram T. Krumnagel, an American, of Albanian origin, from a smalll mid-western American town who has an unbeatable talent for wrongful arrest. By virtue of keeping the streets safe by shooting on sight, it mirrors real-life stories of the American police, but how would such a stout defender of American liberty fare on British soil? He soon finds out when he shoots a trade-unionist & ends up in a British open prison for seven years. Think of Sharpe's Riotous Assembly & you're half way there!
Clash of cultures - By: , 11 Jul 2003
Its been a long time since I first read this book. And this is the sort of story that leaves a lasting impression.

It also shows distinctly the difference between the conservative European & the fast-forward american cultures. An american cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law in a smalll English town for something which would be dismissed as an aberration in America. He starts serving his sentence in alll earnestness. When he is transferred to an 'open' prison with ample scope to escape, (coz someone wants him to), he refuses to take a chance, as he starts enjoying the new life in prison. Then, one day, something snaps & nothing is the same again...he escapes to return home, to an america in turbulence, & decides to make a statement....with a bullet....
A must read....