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Darkside of Debonair - The Bushmeat Trade Book Summary and Study Guide

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An American woman goes to Africa searching for scientists who are studing what chimpanzees are eating that may prevent them from developing AIDS. She hires a professional hunter and native trackers to help her. They uncover a poaching operation dealing with bushmeat (meat of endangered animals). The story turns to a struggle of survival and a rescue mission to save the scientists. A love interest developes between the woman and the hunter as a rift develops between her and one of the trackers, who discovers that his young sons are working for the poacher. This vividly told story shows the reader the different aspects and effects that the bushmeat crisis is creating
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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book descript. of violence and chases 20%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 20%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 30%How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) 30% Tone of story    -   suspenseful (sophisticated fear) Time/era of story:    -   2000+ (Present) Exploring into the wild    -   Yes Plotlets:    -   being chased through wilderness Kid or adult book?    -   Adult or Young Adult Book Crime plotlets:    -   escape/rescue from kidnappers Who's the criminal enemy here?    -   breaking up mobsters

Main Character

Gender    -   Male Profession/status:    -   explorer

Setting

Africa    -   Yes Part of Africa:    -   Black Africa Mountains/Cliffs    -   Yes Mountains:    -   climbing on trails Jungles?    -   Yes Jungles    -   snakes Forest?    -   Yes Misc setting    -   scientific labs

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 breasts    -   descript. of other female areas    -   rape (yeech!) Unusual forms of death    -   eaten    -   run over    -   crushed    -   perforation--bullets    -   perforation--swords/knives Unusual form of death?    -   Yes Amount of dialog    -   roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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