Blue Streak; A Men's Guide to Swearing and Free Speech
Richard Dooling / Hardcover / Published August 1996
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A witty and provocative look at censorship and language traces the origins, history, and implications of common swear words; the role of obscenity in social, personal, and theological conversation and literature; and language regulations and political correctness. 30,000 first printing. Tour.
Brain StormRichard Dooling / Hardcover / Published April 1998
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Grab a cup of strong coffee and settle in for a thrill ride of legal battles, neurobiology, hate crimes, and love-starved chimpanzees. Richard Dooling's cyber-legal-detective thriller is tough to categorize, because it is so many things: lawyer-turned-gumshoe murder mystery, paean to free speech, speculative fiction, and sex romp, all jumbled together in a hyperactive mix of fun. In near-future Saint Louis, Web geek Joe Watson is a non-practicing attorney; instead, he fills his days with arcane Internet research in support of his firm's cases--computer-game copyright violation, for instance. H...
Brain Storm
Richard Dooling / Paperback / Published May 1999
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After an associate in a prestigious law firm is assigned a pro bono case in which he must defend a bigoted white man accused of killing a deaf black man, he calls on the help of a sexy neuroscientist and a brash female criminal attorney.
Critical CareRichard Dooling / Paperback / Published July 1996
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The National Book Award finalist for White Man's Grave now presents a scathing, hilarious satire of doctors, lawyers, hospitals, health care, life, and death. When Felicia Potter comes to the hospital to visit her comatose father, Dr. Peter Ernst, a young resident, sees the opportunity to spice up his grim routine with a little romance. Movie rights optioned to Sidney Lumet.
White Man's GraveRichard Dooling / Hardcover / Published June 1994
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A satire, steeped in irony, chronicles the misadventures of Boone Westfall, who wanders through West Africa encountering witches, angry ancestors, and bad medicine in search of his missing friend Michael Killigan, whose high-powered banker father is conducting his own search.
White Man's GraveRichard Dooling / Paperback / Published June 1995
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When Peace Corps volunteer Michael Killigan goes missing in the African wilds of Sierra Leone, his father and his friend set out to rescue him. Both men assume that American influence extends to the ends of the Earth, but the power they encounter, and the mystery at its core, proves beyond their expectation or control. A National Book Award finalist.