"The book describes the extraordinary life of Jâozef Korycki (1934-1986), who was dubbed "Public Enemy #1" by the authorities in communist Poland in 1982, but beloved by the locals in his home region of Podlasie, who compared him to Janosik, a Slovak bandit who robbed from the rich to give to the poor. The authors describe Korycki's adventures, from his desertion from mandatory military service (when he kidnapped a Russian military officer!), to his Robin Hood-esque days of robbing village mayors and distributing the proceeds among the local farmers, to his dramatic capture and imprisonment in Rakowiecka Prison, where he was admired by his fellow prisoners and eventually died"--