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The Missing Man
For the longest time, nobody even realized that Richard Barnes had joined the ranks of the 2,000 people who go missing each day in the United States.
It is the middle of yet another cloud-free, rain-free, pseudo-idyllic summer in Los Angeles. It’s the heart of the modern depression and NPR is playing interviews with those affected on the hour, every hour. It’s on just such a day that Jack Pelham, a freelance reporter for a paper you haven't heard of, and a man whose personal and professional life is crumbling around him, is sent to interview a woman who reported that her husband went missing - six months ago.
Even with that peculiarity, Jack goes in thinking it’s a nothing story, and he keeps thinking that right up until the moment he’s accosted in by men brandishing firearms demanding to know everything he knows about the missing man. It’s from that moment it all becomes something Jack never saw coming. The chase for the story - from the underbelly of LA to the rough and tumble of Baja California - proves all-consuming and damaging - to him, to everyone around him. Before the day is done, Jack is no longer writing the story, he becomes the story - right up to the point of he himself becoming the missing man.
It is the middle of yet another cloud-free, rain-free, pseudo-idyllic summer in Los Angeles. It’s the heart of the modern depression and NPR is playing interviews with those affected on the hour, every hour. It’s on just such a day that Jack Pelham, a freelance reporter for a paper you haven't heard of, and a man whose personal and professional life is crumbling around him, is sent to interview a woman who reported that her husband went missing - six months ago.
Even with that peculiarity, Jack goes in thinking it’s a nothing story, and he keeps thinking that right up until the moment he’s accosted in by men brandishing firearms demanding to know everything he knows about the missing man. It’s from that moment it all becomes something Jack never saw coming. The chase for the story - from the underbelly of LA to the rough and tumble of Baja California - proves all-consuming and damaging - to him, to everyone around him. Before the day is done, Jack is no longer writing the story, he becomes the story - right up to the point of he himself becoming the missing man.
176 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 18, 2012
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About the author
Andrew White
206 books20 followersThe Reverend Canon Andrew White is often known as the Vicar of Baghdad due to his post at St. George's Church there from 2005-2014. White has worked to mediate between conflicting parties in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East, and to draw attention to the plight of persecuted people.
He is an experienced hostage negotiator.
He was CEO of the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East (FRRME) from 2005 to 2016.
He is an experienced hostage negotiator.
He was CEO of the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East (FRRME) from 2005 to 2016.
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December 23, 2012
A few things before I add my thoughts about the book. This was the first time reading a book on a tablet. I really love turning the pages of a book rather than scrolling. The thriller/mystery isn't what I gravitate towards when selecting a book to read. I met the author quite some time before I found out he was writing a book.
Although it took me a little longer than expected to read because of reading it on a tablet, I also wanted to highlight every other sentence because I found it amusing enough to make me smirk or squirm. Although intense with vivid detail, The Missing Man is a quick read. It definitely drew me in and I needed to know what happened to Jack Pelham with each "page".
If this book was in print, I'd have a copy on my bookshelf. Would highly recommend.
Although it took me a little longer than expected to read because of reading it on a tablet, I also wanted to highlight every other sentence because I found it amusing enough to make me smirk or squirm. Although intense with vivid detail, The Missing Man is a quick read. It definitely drew me in and I needed to know what happened to Jack Pelham with each "page".
If this book was in print, I'd have a copy on my bookshelf. Would highly recommend.
October 9, 2016
Really strange
This story is about a newspaper writer and how his life spirals downward after he loses his girlfriend. The story follows his mental processes and mixes them with real life. There are some typos. It was just hard to follow at times and I didn't really like it.
This story is about a newspaper writer and how his life spirals downward after he loses his girlfriend. The story follows his mental processes and mixes them with real life. There are some typos. It was just hard to follow at times and I didn't really like it.
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