Robert Strasser – författare

Damien Berchshire, husband, father, Englishman, wakes up to find his long lost Uncle Edmund dead on the front lawn. Damien decides to conduct his own investigation. Well, it gets crazy. He seeks help from a former eco-terrorist, hunts down an ex-girlfriend/murder suspect, rides public transportation, escapes from a Blues-jersey-wearing bagman, doesn't call his mother, has a drink at Mangia, gambles at a casino where he's been banned for life, tries to get tenure, drinks at Mangia, gets punched in the face, is arrested, shops at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, gets a gun, drinks at Mangia, sees a coyote, visits the St. Louis Art Museum, takes his wife out to dinner, talks politics, drinks at Mangia, gets kidnapped by his ex-girlfriend/murder suspect, puts his daughter to bed, goes to a ball, breaks into an accounting office and tries to figure out what the hell is going on with number 6.

Damien Berchshire, husband, father, Englishman, wakes up to find his long lost Uncle Edmund dead on the front lawn. Damien decides to conduct his own investigation. Well, it gets crazy. He seeks help from a former eco-terrorist, hunts down an ex-girlfriend/murder suspect, rides public transportation, escapes from a Blues-jersey-wearing bagman, doesn't call his mother, has a drink at Mangia, gambles at a casino where he's been banned for life, tries to get tenure, drinks at Mangia, gets punched in the face, is arrested, shops at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, gets a gun, drinks at Mangia, sees a coyote, visits the St. Louis Art Museum, takes his wife out to dinner, talks politics, drinks at Mangia, gets kidnapped by his ex-girlfriend/murder suspect, puts his daughter to bed, goes to a ball, breaks into an accounting office and tries to figure out what the hell is going on with number 6.

Damien Berchshire, husband, father, Englishman, wakes up to find his long lost Uncle Edmund dead on the front lawn. During his ensuing investigation he seeks help from a former eco-terrorist, hunts down an ex-girlfriend/murder suspect, rides public transportation, escapes from a Blues-jersey-wearing bagman, doesn't call his mother, has a drink at Mangia, gambles at a casino where he's been banned for life, tries to get tenure, drinks at Mangia, gets punched in the face, is arrested, shops at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, gets a gun, drinks at Mangia, sees a coyote, visits the St. Louis Art Museum, takes his wife out to dinner, talks politics, drinks at Mangia, gets kidnapped by his ex-girlfriend/murder suspect, puts his daughter to bed, goes to a ball, breaks into an accounting office and tries to figure out what the hell is going on with number 6.

Damien Berchshire, husband, father, Englishman, wakes up to find his long lost Uncle Edmund dead on the front lawn. During his ensuing investigation he seeks help from a former eco-terrorist, hunts down an ex-girlfriend/murder suspect, rides public transportation, escapes from a Blues-jersey-wearing bagman, doesn't call his mother, has a drink at Mangia, gambles at a casino where he's been banned for life, tries to get tenure, drinks at Mangia, gets punched in the face, is arrested, shops at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, gets a gun, drinks at Mangia, sees a coyote, visits the St. Louis Art Museum, takes his wife out to dinner, talks politics, drinks at Mangia, gets kidnapped by his ex-girlfriend/murder suspect, puts his daughter to bed, goes to a ball, breaks into an accounting office and tries to figure out what the hell is going on with number 6.

Noir and family life collide in this fast paced debut by playwright Robert Strasser. Filled with wit and memorable characters, DAMIEN LOOSE brings murder, mystery and mayhem to the south side of St. Louis.Damien Berchshire wakes up one morning and finds his long lost Uncle Edmund dead on the front lawn. His search for justice threatens to bring down an international company and destroy his marriage. A gloriously mad mystery set in the back alleys and back patios of St. Louis.

This is the emotion packed adventure of two friends, Armand Bruning and Gunther Waller, who, determined to leave the ashes of World War II behind, set out to seek their fortunes.Their successes are marred by the mysterious disappearance of mutual friends and their sailing yacht in the treacherous waters of the Sea of Cortez.After embarking on a dangerous and tedious search, they uncover the deadly truth.

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At the age of six, Robbie Seidler, experiences the horrors of war when the Nazis invade Holland. At the age of nine, after his family is ordered into Germany, he is sent to a Hitler Youth camp in Austria to be trained as a boy soldier. After the end of the war, he and two companions, finally, escape the Nazi hell only to be swallowed up in the flood of refugees struggling to find their loved ones and return home.