Rolands Priverts' book "Don't Believe Anything"

tomēr viņa dzīves filosofijas uzticamie pavadoņi.
Kā ir veidojusies Latvijā zināmākā kontrabandista personība, piedzīvojot notikumus, kas “normālam” ierin­das pilsonim šķiet nesavienojami ar veselo sa­prātu? Kas slēpjas šāda cilvēka apziņas dzelmē, kurš spēj smieties un jokot par notikumiem, kuros paša dzīve ir karājusies mata galā? Uz kādām vērtībām ir balstīta cilvēka dzīve, ja viņš joprojām apgalvo, ka nav labākas izaugsmes vietas par padomju laika cietumu?
Rolandu Privertu var cienīt vai nīst, tomēr nevar ­noliegt to, ka viņā joprojām gailē dumpinieciskums pret pastāvošo varu un tās sistēmu, kura bez žēlastības tur­pina laupīt cilvēku dzīves, izpostot visu, kas tiem ir svēts un dārgs. Kā sistēmas “izredzētie” pelna, zogot “parasto” cilvēku dzīves, nešķirodami ne pēc vecuma, ne dzimuma.
Šis ir stāsts par cilvēka nebeidzamo cīņu būt ārpus pastāvošās iekārtas robežām. Par brīvību. Par tās ­­pa­tieso cenu. Jo par to maksā visi. Arī Tu.
-Oskars Tarvids

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Read, bought new at Jānis Roze bookstore

Really liked it, interesting, easy to read. Finished in 3 days, selling it further. Bought new
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Rolands Priverts, Oskars Tarvids “Don't Believe Anything”

Having agreed to dive into this colorful adventure that you now hold in your hands, I knew one thing – I wanted to dissect Roland's inner world to reach the core of his multifaceted personality. I wanted to sneak past his carefree laughter to understand whether they are guardians of his wounded heart or the loyal companions of his life philosophy.
How has the personality of the most known smuggler in Latvia been formed, experiencing events that seem incompatible with common sense to a “normal” citizen? What lurks in the depths of such a person's consciousness, who can laugh and joke about events where his own life hung by a thread? On what values is a person's life based if he still claims that there is no better place for growth than a Soviet-era prison?
Roland Priverts can be respected or hated, yet it cannot be denied that he still harbors rebelliousness against the existing power and its system, which continues mercilessly to rob people's lives, destroying everything sacred and dear to them. How the system's “chosen ones” earn by stealing the lives of “ordinary” people, without discriminating by age or gender.
This is a story about a person's endless struggle to be outside the boundaries of the existing system. About freedom. About its true cost. Because everyone pays for it. Including you.
-Oskars Tarvids