Thief

Libor is a well-behaved boy from a good family, but when he grows up, he too must provide for his family somehow. He comes of age in the 90s, when money is everywhere. Mobsters, asset strippers, and crooks have money literally spilling out of their drawers. And robbing a thief may be a crime, but it is certainly not a sin.

Libor's dizzying career is launched by a new acquaintance from prison, but it's also shaped by old friendships from his school days. The wild nineties and noughties are just background noise to his success.

The turbulent process of transforming a totalitarian regime into an advanced kleptocracy is like a train whose wheels literally grind society down, and Libor is riding this train first class to his dream destination. However, getting along with his fellow passengers isn't always so simple, and the station where Libor eventually gets off might not be exactly the one he imagined.
The latest novel by political commentator Arpád Soltész shows the transformation of Slovak society from the nineties to the recent past, from totalitarianism and unbridled freedom to a modern mafia state.