Keith's People [Paperback]

Ellen Perry Berkeley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2003

"A remarkable literary feat. Written with verve, dry humor, excellent characterization, and political savvy, this murder mystery is, simultaneously, a searing indictment of Ho Chi Minh's Vietnam and the brutal police state that is his legacy." Erika Holzer, author of Eye for an Eye (a Paramount film); co-author of "Aid and Comfort": Jane Fonda in North Vietnam "Original and inventive. It delivers clever plotting, a surprise ending, and a devastating blow to political correctness." Joshua Muravchik, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; author most recently of Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism "Riveting and gripping. A great suspense story combined with a broad consideration of the political currents that divided America in the aftermath of the Vietnam war, currents that echo to the America of this very day and time." Ronald Radosh, co-author of The Rosenberg File; author of Commies: A Journey through the Old Left, the New Left and the Leftover Left Based equally on lingering controversy and on the latest historical research, this novel will bring you an understanding of the Vietnam war you've never had before. You'll also see its relevance to our newest war, on terrorism. Along the way you'll meet a manipulative sociopath of a type you've never encountered before. In New York City (Greenwich Village, the Upper West Side, Columbia University), also briefly in Vermont, you'll meetother memorable characters: a Pulitzer-winning newspaperwoman, a Gaviscon-chomping detective, a past-hugging activist, a sex-loving photography student, an idiom-twisting phlebotomist, an imagination-toting delivery boy, and more. A humdinger of a plot.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Elderberry Press (OR) (June 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930859449
• ISBN-13: 978-1930859449
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,472,876 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars TERSE, POWERFUL WRITING, August 20, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Keith's People (Paperback)

This book reminds me of Raymond Chandler's. It's written clean, hard and fast. None of the flowery nonsense one finds in some novels. The subject is murder and the writing is as hard as the cop who investigates. There is romance here too. One great read.

5.0 out of 5 stars Keith's People, January 30, 2005

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Der Vogel (Pownal VT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keith's People (Paperback)

A great book. Fun. But all the facts,too- about why we were in Vietnam, and how we actually won it. This makes the book especially relevant today, how we shouldn't let the peaceniks make us winp out and leave Iraq before the job is done. So if you like your mystery stories with something serious to them, this is the book for you! And if you know anyone like Kimberley Dayline(one of the more amusing characters), I'm happy for you.