Denis R. O'neill
Author, Screenwriter & Producer
The Author’s New Book
The Author’s Last Book
The Author’s Previous Book
The Author’s Sixth Book
The Author’s Fifth Book
The Author’s Fourth Book
The Author’s Third Book
The Author’s Second Book
The Author’s First Book
Whiplash – The Book
About the Book
Author’s Letter – Genesis of the book
At some point in your life – a moment as profound to you as it is statistically unremarkable
– you realize that a lot more of your life is in the rear-view mirror…
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About the Cover Art – by Adil Dara
I mentioned the beer keg and hand grenade imagery to designer Adil Dara.
I told him they seemed to me to be quintessential symbols of that tumultuous time…
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Article & Photo Gallery – a Time Capsule
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Photos and newspaper articles from the year that saw the Vietnam War draft…
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“Autumn Road Trip ” – Narrated by Bruce Greenwood
An chapter excerpt from Denis O’Neill’s new Book “Whiplash”.
— Narrated by Actor Bruce Greenwood.
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Public Radio Interview: On Here & Now
Robin Young Interviews Denis R. O’Neill
Where to Get the Book
Get it on Amazon
On Barnes & Noble
“O’Neill is a masterful storyteller… (who) takes you from jaw-dropping, I can’t believe those frat-boys did that, to the intensity of the period’s political upheavals on campus and briefly to the swamps of Vietnam.”
— JS, Amazon Reviews
“A beauty of a book. A rollicking read that will go down as a compelling voice of a generation…”
— HK Luce, Amazon Reviews
“Anyone around in the late 60’s and the Vietnam War should read this…”
— Jake Farley, Amazon Reviews
“A great read you won’t want to put down…”
— Good Reader, Amazon Reviews
“In this moving and thoughtful book, Denis O’Neill shines a light on a fraught, but largely unexamined moment in recent American history…”
— Bleacher Seat 445, Amazon Reviews
“Whiplash is a funny, sad and inspiring story of college students finding their place in a changing world that will encourage all who read it to value their lives and look toward the future…”
— Vanessa Ingram, The Gonzaga Bulletin