| Smoke Dugan is on the run. Smoke, a dapper, aging bombmaker, drops out of sight because of a misunderstanding with his employers about an airplane crash and $2.5 million in cash. When his employers discover Smoke has retired to the picturesque, seaside city of Portland, Maine, they send high-paid assassin Denny Cruz up from New York in a new Mercedes to collect him.
Cruz is the wrong man for the job. After twenty-five years, he has lost his thirst for killing and is contemplating retirement himself. But two sadistic young murderers are also along for the ride, and both are eager to make their mark. One of these is Roland Moss – an angry, not-so-gentle giant. When Smoke puts the torch to the first young killer and then escapes, Cruz and Moss move to Plan B. They decide to kidnap Smoke's girlfriend, Lola Bell. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) Time/era of story: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book The crook is.... - Get treasure/money from another criminal descript. of violence and chases - 40 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 % Crime Thriller Yes Is MAIN CHARACTER an EVIL criminal? Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - money/treasure The antagonists are: - US mafia How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting United States Yes The US: - Northeast City? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - actual description of sex - descript. of male nudity Unusual forms of death - dropped from large heights Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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