Help, I Am Being Held Prisoner

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Summary: Wonderful book
Review: This is what can happen to you if your practical jokes get out of hand. Life played a practical joke on Mr. Kunt (there's an umlaut above the "u" in his name). He spent his whole life trying to get revenge on the people who laughed at him because of his name.

Now Mr. Kunt is in prison for playing a practical joke. He doesn't talk about why he is there because he can't stop playing jokes and he doesn't want the other prisoners to know who it was that loosened the top of the salt shaker, saran-wrapped the toilets, tied their shoelaces together and so forth. Since he doesn't brag about his exploits, the other prisoners assume that he is SO tough that he doesn't have to brag. Kunt ends up associating with the toughest elements in the prison.

The toughest gang has an ace. They have a hole which allows them to gambol about outside the prison whenever their prison schedule allows. They also have the perfect alibi for any crime: They are in prison. Naturally, that have to commit a crime. Kunt, not a real criminal, doesn't want to rob a bank. He uses all of his practical joking experience to try to prevent the robbery. In the end, he can't prevent it forever.

Kunt finally finds happiness when one of his fellow prisoners accidentally finds a solution to the lifelong problem of his god-awful name.