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| Plot Summary of The Gold Coast |
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"WASP lawyer meets Mafia Kingpin. The Gold Coast of Long Island will never be the same."
Tom Brucato, Resident Scholar
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"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."
Jim Russell, Resident Scholar
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"A blue-blood Wall Street lawyer suffers midlife crisis via implausible affiliation with Mafia don/neighbor. He loses his material possessions, family relationships, but supposedly learns lifes lessons he never would have at the country club."
michael smith, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of 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%
Tone of story
- depressing/sad
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here?
- breaking up mobsters
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Motive of antagonist
- power
The antagonists are:
- US mafia
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- bulging muscles
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- touching of anatomy
- actual description of sex
- descript. of breasts
- descript. of other female areas
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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