Book of the Week

The last shot by Hugo Hamilton

A compelling book The last shot by Hugo Hamilton describes the search for what was the last shot fired in the final days of the Second World War.

A compelling book The last shot by Hugo Hamilton describes the search for what was the last shot fired in the final days of the Second World War.  A young American living in  Germany decades after the war finished digs deep into the past to discover a story of Bertha and Franz escaping the clutches of the advancing Red Army.  Their road to freedom is fraught with danger, if they stay they will be caught by the Red Army, if they run they will be executed as traitors.

15 June 2006