Hadassah Magazine said David Del Bourgo's Prague Spring is "an intelligent novel that has humor as well as pain." David's poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologized in hardback books. David has also won a number of awards for his screenplays. He is a member of Squaw Writers and California Poets in the Schools. His novel in progress called Shekinah is about post-Abrahamic religions' suppression of women. David also enjoys painting in an Abstract Expressionist style.
The murder of a congressman's son sends Inspector Simon Wolfe of the San Francisco Police Department on a pursuit in which he is blackmailed with his past as an Israeli assassin. When Wolfe falls for the dead boy's psychiatrist and must protect her from a Nazi operative, he is forced to come to terms with his uncompromising notions of justice that were formed when he was a prisoner in Auschwitz.
In this Prequel to the mystery novel Prague Spring, Simon Wolfe works with his lover Mara in 1949 pre-war Paris to track down a low-level German adjutant who reported to an S.S. officer named Gruppenführer Kunitz. If you enjoy this prequel to the novel Prague Spring, also by David Del Bourgo, download Prague Spring to find out how Simon Wolfe becomes an inspector with the San Francisco Police.
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Published: November 15, 2011
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A Kabalistic love story
The golem was given life to protect Jews against Christian blood libel. But the mud Frankenstein fell for Rahel, the beautiful daughter of a lowly rabbi in the Prague Ghetto. This combustible combination ignites a holy fire crackling with divine sparks. If you enjoy this short story, please download "Prague Spring," a mystery/thriller also by David Del Bourgo.