Owen Hargreaves

Mundaca Owen Hargreaves

Owen is fresh out of school and travelling Europe. His search for surf, as well as his elder brother, leads Owen to the Basque fishing village of Mundaca in northern Spain. But his plans didn't include falling for the spellbinding Maite, a painter from nearby Guernica - femme fatale, revolutionary, terrorist? It's clear she and her network are dedicated to avenging the carnage inflicted on the Basque people during the Spanish Civil War by Franco, the fascist general still ruling Spain in 1975. Owen wants to find out why his brother deserted their family, but what is the secret behind the packages that Maite keeps asking Owen to post to Dublin?




'A wonderfully compelling tale ... that gives genuine insight into what those early years of travel and cultural upheaval were like ... from a deeply honest and personal perspective.'

- Wayne Lynch, surfing legend




'A cracking debut novel combining surf noir, political thriller and enigmatic love story with all elements melding and flowing into one another seamlessly, much like a well-shaped board.'

- Tim Baker, best-selling author and former editor of Tracks andSurfing Life magazines




'Mundaca captures the surfing zeitgeist of the '70s, nailing it on what it was like to be on the road, living the Kerouac dream with a surfboard.' - Kevin Naughton, journalist, author, former world travel correspondent for Surfer magazine