Bolger's Burdens

An historical novel in which the protagonist, Casey Bolger, a security analyst in the Kennedy White House, is placed in an agonizing situation by bizarre circumstances. He is granted an interview by Adolph Eichmann, the infamous Nazi war criminal, who reveals to Bolger the name of a prominent American figure who traitorously helped fund the Nazi war effort, 1939 to 1944. The name of this person, if made public, would be a huge embrrassment for President Kennedy, so Bolger has to handle this with kid gloves. But this is just one of Casey Bolger's many burdens. His other sources of anguish are equally problematical, and yet he maintains a positive attitude, and in the end he learns a great deal from all his tribulations.