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Plot Summary of Anil's Ghost
"The novel is set amongst the civil war in Sri Lanka where organized murder campaigns bring disappearances to all sides of the war. Anil is a forensic anthropologist, returning to Sri Lanka, sent by an international human rights organisation to investigate these deaths. She sets out with a local forensic doctor to discover the identity of a skeleton unearthed in a government archaeological site. An intriguing trip into forensic methods in which Anil and her co-worker are challenged in their quest and in which the full horrors of the civil war are explored. "
John Marcel, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Political/social activism Yes
Plotlet: - general liberal/left wing activism - fighting government corruption
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - conduct in war
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
War/Revolt/Disaster on civilians Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - government investigator
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - Other Asian
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some - a moderate amount

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - Southeast Asia
Forest? Yes
Misc setting - scientific labs

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths - explicit references to deaths
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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