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| Plot Summary of The Grifters |
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"THE GRIFTERS is a novel published in 1963. The book inspired the director Stephen Frears in 1990.
Los Angeles. Roy Dillon is a professional con man who's on the verge of making important decisions. What will he do with his life? Will he go on hustling on a more important scale in the company of Moira, his no-good girlfriend who seems still not to be aware of his activities or will he accept the promotion he's just been offered in the company he's working in and marry the nurse Carol, a naive young woman who's taken care of him while at the hospital? It's a hard choice for Roy who, furthermore, has to deal with Lili, his mother who's just reappeared after years of silence. Lilî is also a gambler working for the mob of the East Coast and she doesn't appreciate Moira at all.
One of Jim Thompson masterpieces."
Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Time/era of story
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
Crime & Police story
Yes
Story of
- criminals stealing from other criminals
- conman stealing/fraud
- criminal becomes sensitive
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- gambler
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- emotionally unstable
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 (a good amount)
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- moving train
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Unusual Style:
- No single main character?
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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