The White Rhino Hotel
Anton Rider Trilogy, Book One

Peopled with a rich array of characters, the novel takes place in British East Africa (Kenya) in the immediate aftermath of World War I, when the British government has promoted a great land rush for veterans, their families, and anyone in Britain keen for making better lives for themselves in Afric......more

So this book is pretty much made up of the following: 1. People hunting and killing animals. 2. Animals hunting and killing each other. 3.Animals killing or hurting people, with the idea of eating them. 4. People hunting, hurting or killing each other. 5. Lots of sex, mostly between people, occasionally......more

After I got over the beginning weirdness in this book, I couldn't put it down. I had never heard of Bartle Bull, but I saw this offered as an audio book and I was interested in the era. Oh my goodness! I loved this and the other two he wrote. It turns out there really was a White Rhino Hotel! This s......more

This, the first of a trilogy set in Africa and spanning the two World Wars, is my favorite of the thee. (Though all are worth reading.) It's occasionally roughly written, but peopled by vivid characters and a superb sense of the time and place (colonial Kenya soon after World War I). All three books......more

Set in 1919-1920 Kenya mostly, with a little bit before during the war and an epilogue in 1921, the novel takes a while to get used to its rhythm, and has some abrupt transitions between its interlocking storylines, but it is gripping and hard to put down. Roughly speaking there are four major storyl......more