I CAN'T ESCAPE ADVENTURE By Jack Bilbo
Jack Bilbo will be remembered for his first book, in which he told his adventures with Al Capone's gang. In this book (Cresset Press, 7s. 6d.) he continues the story of his life from the time he returned to Berlin. And what a life ! He went into the theatrical business (being grandson of Hugo Baruch, it was in his blood), ran a circus, made money, lost it, became a salesman so high-pressure that he flooded the market and finished the job, and then made a living by buying imitation hand-woven carpets and pawning them as genuine. When this racket came to its inevitable end he spent some time in prison, where he continued to throw his weight about until he was discharged. He next opened a bar in Majorca (where he met his wife—the fiancée of a man whom he sent packing with characteristic aggressiveness) and then settled down for a few years in Sitges, a resort near Barcelona. He ran a suc- cessful bar, patronised by international celebrities, until the revolution broke out. He stayed a while helping to clear refugees, then went on a hare- brained expedition to Abyssinia. Now, at the ripe old age of twenty-nine, he has taken to authorship, not without a certain success.
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