Book Description
Did the Australian government really bring known Nazi party members to Australia and protected them until their deaths? Having survived the horrors of the Eastern Front, Peter Fischer leaves post-war Germany behind and moves to Australia. 40 years later, Eric Messer is struggling to find his place at a new high school south of Perth. The two meet just before the Gulf War, sparking a strange friendship tainted by mistrust and half-truths, and complicated by a mysterious and overly friendly Austrian named Baum. Of Germany descent himself, Eric becomes fascinated by the men and the stories they tell. Are they possibly wanted Nazi war criminals?
My thoughts
Campbell Jeffreys’ book “Hunter” not only deals with the possibility of Australia hiding Nazis after WWII, but is also the story of a former German soldier and a young lonely Australian boy coming of age and the relationship they forge with one another. When depicting the war, he is detailed and graphic (the squeamish beware). Fast forward to the eighties and one sees what life has left for the elderly German living in a foreign country and the young boy just trying to fit in. I enjoyed this story and was stunned by the conclusion. I got to see a glimpse of what life may be like in another continent.
1 comments:
I'm glad to see that you seemed to like the book. I have it waiting on my shelf, and will be reading it after I get through the 3 or 4 I have going currently that were ahead of it.
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