| The story stars Max Fisher, a wealthy businessman who wants to have his wife murdered so he could sleep with his beautiful secretary, Angela Petrakos. Max gets introduced to Angela's cousin Dillion also-known-as "Popeye", a former IRA hitman, in a Manhattan pizza parlor.
Max is happy that he's found the right man for the job. Dillion does the job and kills Max's wife Deirdre and his niece. Max tries his best to feign grief but as soon as he can he's having sex with Angela. Into the picture comes Bobby Rosa, a ex-con in a wheel chair who likes to take pictures. Rosa happens to have pictures of Max and Angela having sex. At the same time, policeman Kenneth Simmons, the detective in charge of the case of Max's wife has a strong suspicion that Max was in on the whole deal. Max's life starts to fall apart when everyone is double crossing everyone and Kenneth Simmons death sends an even more eager policeman, Detective Ortiz to make Max crack and confess to the murders. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - Dry-cynical Time/era of story: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 40 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Crime Thriller Yes Crime plotlets: General Crime (including known murderer) Yes Who's the criminal enemy here? - crazed lover/family member Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - money/treasure How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting City? Yes City: - New York Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - actual description of sex - descript. of male nudity Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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