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The Spy Next Door
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Plot Summary of The Spy Next Door
"The Spy Next Door is a fascinating account of the double agent Robert Hanssen, who betrayed his country, his government, his employer (the FBI), his wife, children and friends. Written like the spy story it is, the book traces Hanssen's upbringing in Chicago, his drift into police and FBI work and, eventually, his decision to spy for Moscow and eventual capture by his own colleagues. "
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Plot
War/Cloak & Dagger story? - Spying for secrets
War/Spying Yes

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - spy
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - emotionally unstable
Biography of famous person? Yes
Nationality - American (!)
How sensitive is this person? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other people
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
City? Yes
City: - New York - Washington D.C.
Century: - 1980's-Present

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Book makes you feel? - angry
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - descript. of female anat. (the big B's) - actual description of hetero sex - descript. of female anat. (the big V) - main character serviced by prostitute
How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog
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