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Plot Summary of To the Hilt
"Alexander Kinoch loves his life painting on a remote Scottish mountain. When some thugs roll up and rough him up and Alexander is dragged into a real and violent world where millions of pounds are missing and a valuable racehorse is under threat and his stepfather is sick from worry, stress and harassed on all sides. With the help of some surprising friends, he takes on the hard boys and the jealousy of his step-sister to put matters right."
Di Bingham, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of To the Hilt
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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical - very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - artist
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - a lawyer creature
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - lawyer creatures
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to torture
How many deaths? - 2
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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SCHOLARS:
Wayne S. Urben  Di Bingham  Ann Gaines  Marianna/Atlanta  Margie Cross  


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