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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Poverty, surviving Yes
Kind of living: - general poverty story
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Son
Family, loving relations Yes
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - conduct in war - midlife crisis
Kind of sport: - football
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Sports Story? Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes
Age group of kid(s) in story: - grade school

Main Character
Gender - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - deluded - a bit retarded
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 9 (quite a lot)
United States Yes
The US: - Texas - Midwest - Pacific NW
Desert? Yes
Desert: - hostile arabs
City? Yes
City: - New York
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - ranch
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Lot of foul language? Yes
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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