What Readers & Critics Say
Praise & Reviews
Selected words for the fiction and travel writing of Eric Madeen — author of six books, four of them Amazon bestsellers.
Water Drumming in the Soul
A Novel of Racy Love in the Heart of Africa
“This unclassifiable author is worth checking out.”Mark Walker, author of The Guatemala Reader Read more →
“Madeen’s storytelling prowess shines through and resonates with authenticity.”Zaheer Baber, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto
Tokyo-ing! & the Japan Novels
Three Novellas & the Yokohama fiction
“Write the ultimate book on the inner life of Japan.”— Paul Theroux, The Novelist & Travel Writer (from a personal letter)
“These three novellas get right to the heart of what it’s like to live in Tokyo — the search for love, the pressures of work, the confusion of meanings in a city too huge for anyone.”Michael Pronko, author of the Detective Hiroshi mystery series
Asian Trail Mix
True Tales from Borneo to Japan
“Asian Trail Mix succeeds as both travel literature and literary homage — a testament to how travel writing can honor literary traditions while offering fresh, lived perspectives.”Mark D. Walker, author of The Guatemala Reader Read more →
Massage World
The Novel
“So earthquaking powerful and fresh it is, I’ve never read anything quite like it, not even close.”Larry McCaffery, author and former Professor of English & Comparative Literature, San Diego State University
“It’s a sizzler of a thriller bursting with eccentric energy.”William Luvaas, Huffington Post Book of the Year award winner