The Dung Beetles of Liberia: A Novel Based on True Events - Softcover

Meier Jr., Daniel V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1945448377 ISBN 13: 9781945448379

Publisher: BQB Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

Based on the remarkable true account of a young American who landed in Liberia in the 1960s.

It's 1961 and young Ken Verrier is experiencing the turbulence of Ishmael and the guilt of his brother's death. His sudden decision to drop out of college and deal with his demons shocks his family, his friends, and especially his girlfriend, soon to have been his fiance. His destination: Liberia—the richest country in Africa both in monetary wealth and natural resources. But nothing could have prepared Ken for the experiences he was about to live through. He quickly realizes that he has arrived in a place where he understands very little of what is considered normal, where the dignity of life has little meaning, and where he can trust no one. Author Daniel Meier describes Ken Verrier's many escapades, spanning from horrifying to whimsical, with engaging and fast-moving narrative that ultimately describe a society upon which the wealthy are feeding and in which the poor are being buried.

It's a novel that will stay will you long after the last word has been read.

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From the Inside Flap:

Rugged, riveting, packed with exotic adventure and attitude, Meier's DungBeetles is non-stop entertainment."-- Douglas Rogers, author of The Last Resort". . . A fascinating evocation of 1960s Liberia, the novel explores the commonlyaccepted system of bribery and the arbitrary division between themasses. It will definitely appeal to fans of literary fiction as well as lovers ofnon-fiction. An engrossing read that is both informative and entertaining."-- The Prairies Book Review". . . With a gift for portraying dialect, character quirks, and the intricacies ofcombining salient details of his youthful adventures with fictional flights offancy, Meier flies readers on this soaring, literary saga that will leave themclamoring for a sequel."-- Kate Robinson, The US Review of Books

From the Back Cover:

"Rugged, riveting, packed with exotic adventure and attitude,Meier's Dung Beetles is non-stop entertainment."
--Douglas Rogers, Authorof "The Last Resort"

About this edition

• Publisher: BQB Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1945448377
• ISBN 13: 9781945448379
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 316