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An American Redneck In Hong Kong
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Plot Summary of An American Redneck In Hong Kong
"Ten years after my mother died (14 years after my brother's suicide), I went to Hong Kong for a "one-month vacation" and wound up marrying an Australian lady and teaching English in China. A collection of true and humorous dog stories, cat stories, hog farming stories, and Asian travel stories."
Michael LaRocca, Resident Scholar




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Plot
If this is a culture clash: - visiting a different culture
Ethnic/regional/gender Yes
ethnic of society (outside) - Chinese
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American (!)
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other people
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast - Deep South
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - China - Australia
Century: - 1980's-Present

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel? - very happy
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - gentle
Writer's slant towards subject: - favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
Pictures/Illustrations? - None
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialogue in bio? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book
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