{"id":1051,"date":"2019-05-01T16:45:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T22:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2019-05-01T16:45:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T22:45:14","slug":"the-dung-beetles-of-liberia-a-novel-based-on-true-events-by-daniel-v-meier-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=1051","title":{"rendered":"The Dung Beetles of Liberia: A Novel Based on True Events by Daniel V. Meier, Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Highly engrossing\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In this captivating novel based on true events, Meier intimately describes seven years of Ken Verrier\u2019s life as a transport pilot in Liberia, the richest country in Africa, after the latter drops out of college and leaves America in his quest for identity and to fight his inner demons. Meier\u2019s precise prose is vivid and yet straightforward as he details contrasting lives of the common Liberian population and the privileged Americo-Liberians. A fascinating evocation of 1960s Liberia, the novel explores the commonly accepted system of bribery and the arbitrary division between the masses. It will definitely appeal to fans of literary fiction as well as lovers of non-fiction. An engrossing read that is both informative and entertaining.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Dung Beetles of Liberia: A Novel Based on True Events <\/span><\/h2>\n

by Daniel V. <\/span>Meier, Jr.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Buy now <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

BQB Publishing<\/span><\/h4>\n

PUB DATE September 1, 2019<\/span><\/h4>\n

ISBN 9781945448379<\/span><\/h4>\n

PRICE $16.95 (USD)<\/span><\/h4>\n

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  Highly engrossing\u2026 In this captivating novel based on true events, Meier intimately describes seven years of Ken Verrier\u2019s life as a transport pilot in Liberia, the richest country in Africa, after the latter drops out of college and leaves America in his quest for identity and to fight his inner demons. Meier\u2019s precise prose is vivid and yet straightforward as he details contrasting lives of the common Liberian population and the privileged Americo-Liberians. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56739],"tags":[186388755,91,460,3328,178,1747,1320398,1008073,856121,309,45303211],"class_list":["post-1051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-short-reviews","tag-authors-seeking-reviews","tag-blogging","tag-blogs","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-fiction","tag-fiction-book-reviews","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-reviews-for-authors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-gX","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1053,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions\/1053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}