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Plot Summary of A Tourist in the Yucatan
"A young american couple unwittingly become entangled in Mexican underworld. Great settings in the jungles and lost cities of the yucatan penninsula. This woiuld make a good movie!"
Dwight Broussard, Resident Scholar

"A MAN LOSES HIS WIFE WHILE TRAVELING IN MEXICO, MAIN PLOT IS HIM DISCOVERING WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. GREAT SETTINGS IN ANCIENT MAYAN CITIES! SUB PLOTS INCLUDE DISCOVERY OF MAYAN TOMB AND A CONSPERICY EMMINATING OUT OF WASHINGTON DC. THIS IS LIKE TO SEPERATE STORIES THAT DON'T COME TOGETHER UNTIL THE FINAL PAGES. A GOOD MIX OF SEX AND VIOLENCE. NOT THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL, BUT A FUN SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL!!"
TRACY MENDOZA, Resident Scholar

"Journey to the sun washed resort of Cancun and follow a young American couple, Jack and Josephine Phillips, on an adventure into the jungles of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Adventure turns to terror when Josephine disappears and Jack finds himself on the run from mysterious assassins, the Mexican Federales, and possibly even his own government. The Phillips have unwittingly become entangled in the Mexican underworld, a complicated web that stretches from the Carribean coast line of Quintana Roo to the upper reaches of the United States Government. In a land where the line between the law and the outlaw is blurred, can Jack survive long enough to solve the mystery of his wife's disappearance? "
Jim Brumfield, Resident Scholar


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Review Analysis of A Tourist in the Yucatan
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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical - very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain? - Moderately Challenging
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is.... - criminal's rise in a crime organization
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets: - search for gems/treasure/money
Mostly a criminal POV story Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - drug dealers

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - teacher
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - trader
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
The antagonists are: - foreign organized crime
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - Mexico
Jungles? Yes
Jungles - lost city
Misc setting - resort/hotel - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts
Unusual forms of death - poisoning - impaled - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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