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| Plot Summary of Savage Night |
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"SAVAGE NIGHT is a book written by Jim Thompson in 1953.
Carl Bigelow is asked by the N.Y. mob boss to eliminate Jake Winroy, who must testify in an important trial, without making it look like a hit. So Carl, dealing with his T.B. and his student look, arrives in Peardale and takes a room in Winroy's guest house. He seduces Jake's wife, Fay, a beautiful ex-night club singer who soon understands Carl's intentions. But as the hit must not take place before several weeks, Carl accepts the offer of Kendall, another guest, and is now working at the local bakery between classes at the town's free university. Jake falls also in love with Ruth, the young maid, who suffers like him from a severe body disability.
Ultra noir, another great Thompson book.
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Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- late discovery that lover does bad
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Crime & Police story
Yes
Story of
- criminals killing each other
- Mafia conflict
- criminal becomes sensitive
Brain/Body disability?
- physical disability
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- emotionally unstable
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- physically sick
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- little dialog
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