An Enthralling Book!

Australian reviewer calls new Double Dragon thriller, DIVERTING THE BUDDHA, an enthralling book! Warren Thurston Book Reviewer for Boggle Books Australia, July 24, 2003. DIVERTING THE BUDDHA the large canvas novel that picks up where THE QUIET AMERICAN left off.

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July 29, 2003
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Australian reviewer calls new Double Dragon thriller, DIVERTING THE BUDDHA, an enthralling book! Warren Thurston Book Reviewer for Boggle Books Australia, July 24, 2003

DIVERTING THE BUDDHA is a large canvas novel that picks up where THE QUIET AMERICAN left off. As with the Graham Greene novel, DIVERTING THE BUDDHA looks in depth at the devastation political elites create.    

Complete Review By Mister Thurston

Bob Swartzel has created a story, which looks at a gentle culture that found itself under attack from within. It contains intrigue, suspense, and deception mixed in with the Asian culture. The structure of the story is well constructed and matches the moods portrayed in the story.

Being able to understand a complex foreign culture is not an easy task. Yet Diverting the Buddha makes this task very easy. It is a credit to the authors knowledge and novelist.

The 1966 elections held in South Vietnam were a farce. They formed the blue print for a military dictatorship set up to look like a democratic state. The driving force behind this approach was the United States.

Greed was the driving force behind the charade. It became the obsession a few individuals whose aim was to amass vast wealth. They did not care what damage they did to people, nations or the world. Only Money was God and God was all that mattered.

An enthralling book, this work shows just how mature original novels in the ebook format can be. Warren Thurston Book Reviewer for Boggle Books Australia, July 24, 2003

DIVERTING THE BUDDHA
By Bob Swartzel
Pages: 352
ISBN: 1-55404-015-9
Publisher: Double Dragon Publishing
Cover Art: Deron Douglas
Editor: Peggy Jo Shumate
Publication Date: January 5, 2003
To obtain a review copy please contact ddpbuddha@yahoo.com