Retouching Stalin's Moustache - Hardcover

Muhl, Thomas P

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1401072321 ISBN 13: 9781401072322

Publisher: Xlibris, 2002

Synopsis

What makes Tom Muhl s story different from some Holocaust dominated memoirs is that he does not focus primarily on the crushing misery of so many people during the worst stages of government sponsored brutality His prose is often sardonic as he describes his attempts to fit into the world of advertising in the United States and Europe during the latter half of the century He did see the Nazis in action as a child and his mixed married family suffered directly But he escaped early enough as a young adult to reach our shores relatively unscathed If the times we are living in had been different he could probably have lived a peaceful and productive life as a serious artist either in Europe or in America But instead of utilizing his innate talent in peace he has been going through a picaresque career of grinding down processes a series of events that he relates with irony and acutely observed detail His accounts of failed romances along the way and of his sometime successes in hard bitten business reality will tell you something you may not have seen before but will certainly recognize as the sad and comic truth about our present day world I was an artist My job in the Hungarian army of the 1950 s was to paint larger than life portraits of Lenin and Stalin That wasn t so bad In fact I was almost content with my lot But then the revolution broke out in 1956 and all of us were transformed into legitimate prey instead of docile subjects of the occupiers I soon found it necessary to spend time painting lifelike sores on the face of my wife to save her from the constant danger of rape by the Russian soldiers It was then that we decided that we must make an attempt to escape RETOUCHING STALIN S MOUSTACHE the title refers to the period when I was serving as a private in the so called Hungarian army I had managed to wangle an assignment to the Art Studio of that command I was painting larger than life portraits of Lenin Stalin and other notables in Bols

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About the Author

Painter, Writer, Adman, Tom Muhl was born in Budapest, Hungary. Following the collapse of the 1956 revolution he left his native land, and in 1958 emmigrated to the United States. He worked as an award-winning artist and Creative Director for Advertising Agencies, including Y&R, J.Walter Thompson and Bates, Saatchi & Saatchi, on both sides of the Atlantic for over three decades. He has written film scripts for documentaries, television and print ads. Currently living in South Florida, he is dedicated to depicting the beauty and richness of his tropical environment.

Edition details

• Publisher: Xlibris
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1401072321
• ISBN 13: 9781401072322
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 368