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Book Review By Augusto Wong Campos
The Master of Petersburg by J.M. Coetzee

The main character, 19th Century author Fyodor Dostoyevski, travels from his exile back to St. Petersburg to understand the death of his son Pavel. Fyodor's feelings and memoirs about his son come in the middle of a political conflict, to which he's dragged and in which his son might have been involved.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - very sensitive (sigh)
Time/era of story - 1600-1899
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Coping with loss of loved one(s) Yes
Loss of...

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Profession/status:
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
Misc setting

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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