Amusing cross-cultural story about Lawyers and Withdoctors.Dooling does not have irony poor blood. This story compares and contrasts the experiences of an American boy from the heartland (Indiana) with the realities of the Bush in West Africa. It almost qualifies for science fiction.Dooling writes some funny stuff. Most of it about Lawyers (admittedly American cultural whipping boy icons). However, I wish he'd write about something else. The techno-lawyer background plot is growing stale. (I believe this novel is his first, with two other on the same line in print).This is better story-wise than "Brain Storm", but not as quip quotable. Keep an eye on Dooling, but beware he may only have two stories in him.