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Plot Summary of Never Come Morning
"Bruno Bicek and Steffi R have dreams beyond the reality of their Chicago City existence and the nightmarish control of the Barber, Bonifacy Konstantine. Bruno Bicek is a boxing contender and Steffi R is the girlfriend he let be gang-raped. The Barber knows this and that Bruno Bicek has murdered one of the gang. The Barber has Steffi R in his grasp and has no intention of letting her go. Bruno Bicek is sure of his chances and intends taking her from him. But the Barber holds all the cards and, for Bruno Bicek and Steffi R, there will be no bright morning. "
Charles Smyth, Resident Scholar


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Review Analysis of Never Come Morning
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Crime & Police story Yes
Story of - criminals killing each other - gang conflict
Kind of sport: - boxing
Kind of sex: - rape
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Sports Story? Yes
Taboo sex story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - sports figure
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 (an above average amount)
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest
Misc setting - prison - sewers/subways

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - rape/molest (yeech!)
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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