Elephant Gun

By Phillip E. Carpenter

Book Overview

Book Description: You've never read a novel exactly like this; part truth, part fiction, adult, gritty, yet thought provoking and intelligent, trampling merrily over many sacred cows. Real events in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595009867
• ISBN13: 9780595009862
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Elephant Gun

I started reading Elephant Gun one night and had decided I would read for couple of hours;however this book is so great I was not able to put it down until I finished it.I kept saying just one more chapter,just one more.I have not read a book this great for many years.If you like action,adventure and sex you will love this book.The author takes you on this ride and you can't get enough of it.This book lets you think along the way so you can follow all the characters but is not so oblivious you get bored.The way the author is able to bring all the different characters in and keep their roles so active and fresh is amazing.This book will leave you wanting more;lucky for us there is Arabian Assignment!

Elephant Fun

I agree with Wasser Reviews who ask, do you like bronzed bwanas, brazen, buxom (but brainy) beauties and big-bore blasters? Well, Philip Carpenter has something for you. It's two parts high-tech, instruction manual, three parts social-political-ecological observation, mixed with an ascerbic, ego-centric stream of opinion, facts and opinion as fact. Throw in some current and past world news, anecdotal experiences, personal vignettes from Mr. Carpenter's life and one part Harlequin romance novel and you still don't quite have the scope of the book. Every continent and most cultures get a visit (how's your kiswahili?) Nothing goes unnoticed by our hero, Mr. Eric Rutherford. I suspect his observations on animal psychology, poaching, endangered species, hip hop, skinheads, modern music, gangs, cars, AIDS, drugs, weapons, women, Beverly Hills and Bakersfield, to name a few, are remarkably close to Mr. Carpenters. Fortunately, they are interesting, even thought-provoking at times, and frequently informative. I sense some serious research here. The pithy homilies which precede each chapter are well-chosen and relevant. 'Man must sit in chair with mouth open very long time before roast duck fly in' (Chinese proverb). Hmmmmm. So true. A fun read for arm chair action heroes. Is there a movie in this somewhere?

Appeals to action-oriented men and women romantics alike.

I was immensely impressed with this well-crafted and termendously exciting book. The story line was most unique and the characters seemed to jump right off the page into real life. It was easy to follow the complicated plot and the imaginative use of many actual events and facts in a fiction novel made it seem even more real. I felt sympathy with the emotions of not only the women, but the men as well. A great book to escape the everyday world with and find vicarious thrills and adventure.

Great action and romance in one

I was very suprised at my inability to put this book down. I didn't think it was the kind of literature I would like. However, within the first few pages I was hooked. I found myself completely engrossed in the well developed characters and the multidimentional plot. Anyone would like this story. Its a romance, action and medical thriller all wrapped into one. Unlike many other stories of this type, I never found myself getting lost in the technical details. The author does an excellent job of educating the reader about the more technical aspects of the story. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a great overall story.

Entertaining, funny and Informative

If you're an adult male and you don't enjoy the hell out of this book, you're seriously in need of a transfusion of red blood and testosterone. Tightly written style, an imaginative premise, extreme action and a well-researched effort. The quotes at the head of each chapter are terrific, relating to the content. I especially liked the way the technical information was subtly inserted into the story line to send a message about the destruction of natural habitat and resources, political stupidity and the absurdity of taking away law-abiding citizen's means of defending themselves against criminals. The cover made me think it was all about hunting animals in Africa, and there is some of that, but there's so much more to the scope of the adventure that I was unable to put it down, reading into the early hours of the morning. I really liked this book, and sincerely hope there's a sequel in the works.