GOOSE HUNT by DENNIS OGDEN
Sixty-four years have passed since the end of WWII and the rampart walls of the former Jewish Ghetto, TEREZÍN, have yet to divulge all the secrets they were built to hide.
That is until graffiti dauber Briney Ruza begins having connections with the walls she paints. Each graffiti is posted on social media as part of her own cheeky game. One particular painting catches the interest of ageing Ghetto surviver Evzen Kravitz, who has never given up hope of one day finding the one item stolen from the parents he lost boarding a death train to Auschwitz.
Briney is enticed to Prague thinking this interest in her painting comes from her estranged mother. There she faces the truth…and Evzen. Together, through their testy relationship, they uncover much more than expected – including corrupt dealings that fleeced many owners and descendants wishing to reclaim property lost to the Nazis and the scheme financing the rise of the neo-nazis.
Briney also has her own personal secrets and when she meets Goth lesbian Zoja in Prague, the lives of everyone she meets will forever change…or forever be lost.
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Author Bio:
GOOSE HUNT (previously titled SECRETSINCITY) is my first novel written in a beach house dug into the side of a hill overlooking the high sand dunes of the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. I now live on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia where the weather is warmer and the variety of birds keep me company as I write..
Of course a story like Goose Hunt set in the Czech Republic – light years away geographically and historically from where I live – involved my second obsession, travel. The cultural adventures I’ve experienced with a degree of sensitivity and comprehension is something I hope reveals itself to my readers.
Being my first novel does not mean this is my first attempt at writing – in fact under different protocols, I’ve managed an original screenplay for a twenty-minute short feature (THE FORGOTTEN SPIRIT), several magazine articles, short stories (published) and numerous travel narratives. All have been as challenging and demanding as a four-years-in-the-works novel.
Since writing GOOSE HUNT I’ve published two other novels: SAVING SPADE and SERUM.