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Book Review By Susanna Marlowe
Hard Revolution by George Pelecanos

Derek Strange is a young African-American officer in the Washington, D.C. police force in 1968. Derek works to avenge his brother's murder, and to keep order during the riots occurring after the Reverend Martin Luther King's assassination in Memphis. The "Hard Revolution" in the title is the struggle for civil rights by African-Americans.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Political/social activism Yes
Plotlet:
Ethnic/Regional/Religion
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - society
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 ()
United States Yes
City? Yes
City: - Washington D.C.

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - actual description of hetero sex - Boob talk! - Vagia talk!
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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