White Man's Grave

by Richard Dooling

Book Overview

When Peace Corps volunteer Michael Killigan goes missing in West Africa, his father Randall and his best friend Boone Westfall begin separate quests to find him. Randall, a bankruptcy lawyer, is the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031213214X
• ISBN13: 9780312132149
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Mid West Bankruptcy Atty searching for lost son in Sierre Leone

first our erstwhile anti-hero expects a few terse words in the right places will solve everything but not so in fact words are of almost no use when other means of communication are in process. READ THIS BOOK. Particularly if you are from or still residing in the Midwest, if you want to find a person or a memory but, and most particularly, if you want to read an incredible serious realistic and fun to read book that is an education into american litigation as well as a very decent introduction to Sierra Leone culture. Not to mention the ending which rivals stephen king and alfred hitchcock, very good stuff.

Owner's manual for the American "Way of Life"

This book is so engaging, I took the time to write a review--a first for me. This is without a doubt one of the best books I have read this year. It is by turns scaldingly satiric and ironic, descriptive and informative, and just ambiguous enough to leave the reader intellectually juiced up at the end! This tale invites the imagination to soar, and the soul to search. Highest recommendation.

Recommend it highly

Well, I loved this book...reading about two cultures. I've recommended it to everyone, and everyone has enjoyed it. I'm such a huge fan. I learned, I laughed. It remains, two years after the reading, one of my favorites.

You must read this book!

"White Man's Grave" is one of those novels that continue to have an effect on you long after you've read it. It's a funny, unflinching look at greed in America and how oblivious we are to it. This is one of the best books I've read for a while and I've recommended it to friends many times. Read it - you won't be sorry!

White Man's Grave ain't no Jungle Book

Richard Dooling wrote White Man's Grave, and effectively threw the gantlet down at the Michael Crieghtons and Tom Clancys of the literary world. The novel is an in your face look at the contradiction that is the modern American society. Dooling puts the typical young American (Boone) in the topsy-turvy world of Sierra-Leone, and creates a modern version of Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The great part is that he didn't have to revert to talking talking rabbits to do it. White Man's Grave moves quickly. I know I found myself paging through it one day (over a year since I had read it) and before I knew it I was on the 20th page. This kind of book stares Hollywood in the face and says,"Go ahead, try to make me into a movie. I dare you." I very seriously doubt this book will ever be crafted into a Spielberg blockbuster, and it's just as well. It's a great book, and deserves to be recognized as just that