num_pages: 400
description: When Peace Corps volunteer Michael Killigan goes missing in West Africa, his father Randall and his best friend Boone Westfall begin separate quests to find him. Randall, a bankruptcy lawyer, is the warlord of his world, a shark in a fishbowl, exercising power with mad, relentless, hilarious glee; Boone, an American innocent abroad, journeys to the African bush, protected by the twin charms of the passport and the almighty dollar. In seeking Michael, both men find much more than they bargain for.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 lawyer father is conducting his own search.
language: English
title: White Man's Grave: A Novel
titlecomplete: White Man's Grave: A Novel
genres: Africa, Sierra Leone, Literary Fiction, Travel, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Mystery, Fiction, Anthropology
ratings_count: 441
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Picador