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Book Review By Kailash Shankar
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum

Whos is Jason Bourne? This man has 4 million dollars stashed in his account in a highly secure swiss bank, but what he lacks, is his memory.Though he recovers well physically, he fails to regain his memory and he finds that he is top on the list of the most wanted men by the CIA, the same agency which he once worked for in order to lure and capture the most notorious assasin -Illch Ramirez Sanchez a.k.a Carlos the Jackal. To add to his woes, his arch rival, Carlos is also hunting him.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 %
Amnesia story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Ethnicity/Race
Unusual characteristics:

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes
The antagonists are: - FBI/CIA
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Eastern Europe

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - rape (yeech!)
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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