| Harvard Professor Robert Langdon, after his experience with the Vatican in "Angels and Demons", returns to solve the murder of a prominent curator at Le Louvre. Summoned there by the French police, he runs into his eventual love interest, a hostile police force, and an extremely weird arrangement of the dead curator's body, which astonishingly was performed by the curator himself. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) Time/era of story: Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Religious overtones? Yes descript. of violence and chases - 30 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Who's the terrorist enemy here? Search for technology? Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Race Unusual characteristics: Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - money/treasure How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Genius Setting Europe Yes European country: - England/UK - France Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths Unusual forms of death - poisoning - perforation--bullets Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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