Brain Storm, a novel
Read Chapter One of Brain Storm New York Times Notable Book of 1998 Amazon Hot 100 Bestseller Review Excerpts “Dooling’s new book is a brilliant concoction, flashing with comedic and intellectual energy . . . . an inspired piece of work, a caustically funny, antic diatribe with a tightly woven […]
Critical Care: The Movie
Critical Care, The Movie Sidney Lumet (Network, Dog Day Afternoon, The Verdict) and producer/writer Steven Schartz adapted Richard Dooling’s first novel, Critical Care, into a darkly funny (funnily dark?) medical satire starring James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Albert Brooks, Helen Mirren, and Anne Bancroft. If you blinked you missed it in […]
White Man’s Grave, a novel
Praise For White Man’s Grave 1994 National Book Award Finalist New York Times Notable Book of 1994 Review Excerpts “A bravura display of satire . . . Dooling evokes the humane checks and balances of a deep world: the logic, you might say, of its magic.”– Richard Eder, L.A. Times. […]
Critical Care, a novel
Review Excerpts “A sardonic, often harrowing look at the American way of life-support.”–Kirkus Reviews “A bitter and disturbing, though often very funny, first novel with a sensibility that Dr. Strangelove fans will recognize.” — Beryl Benderly, Washington Post Book World. “A scathingly funny black comedy … almost impossible to put […]