The miraculous survival of a Japanese midget submariner in 1942 and his internment on an idyllic offshore island has profound consequences, even 64 years later . . . when bestselling Japanese novelist Hiraku Makimura lands in Sydney on a literary junket. As in 1942 not everything goes according to plan. In fact his short stay Down Under turns into a seriously surreal ordeal. Even the attentive hotel receptionist proves to be a handful while a more mature woman with her own skeletons in the cupboard leads the overseas visitor into the murky depths of the submerged past . . . an encounter that...
The miraculous survival of a Japanese midget submariner in 1942 and his internment on an idyllic offshore island has profound consequences, even 64 ye...
No anti-Nazi group or individual came closer to decapitating the Nazi Party than Georg Elser. Once written off as a Nazi stooge, Elser's reputation underwent a resurrection with the unearthing of his 203 page Gestapo interrogation report. The grim detail of his lethal plan to rid Germany of the Nazi menace is recorded, as is much of the private life of the enigmatic musician turned lone wolf assassin. Escaping his debt-ridden alcoholic father Elser wandered from rural life, his musical ability enabling him to socialise while his charm prospered his prolific love life. Repulsed by the populist...
No anti-Nazi group or individual came closer to decapitating the Nazi Party than Georg Elser. Once written off as a Nazi stooge, Elser's reputation un...
