| LAWYER, MARRIED TO UPPER SOCIETY WOMAN WHOM HE LOVES DEEPLY, IS FORCED THROUGH STRENGTH OF CHARACTER OF MAFIA DON TO COMPROMISE HIS IDEALS AND HIS POISTION IN COMMUNITY. THERE IS EVENTUUAL BETRAYAL BY THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM AND A CYNICAL CLOSING OF THE "SOCIAL" CONTRACT. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - depressing/sad Time/era of story: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 10 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 % Crime Thriller Yes General Crime (including known murderer) Yes Who's the criminal enemy here? - breaking up mobsters Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - power The antagonists are: - US mafia How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting United States Yes The US: - Northeast Misc setting - fancy mansion Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas 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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