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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.
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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...    -   child/children

Main Character

Gender    -   Male Profession/status:    -   artist Age:    -   40's-50's Ethnicity/Nationality    -   Russian

Setting

How much descriptions of surroundings?    -   5 () Misc setting    -   sewers/subways

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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