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Dark City, Oct 2003, 23.95, 242 pp.
ISBN 0964413841
Paranoid schizophrenic Scott Moody was institutionalized after he lost touch with reality and had conversations with dead people. After two years he was deemed stable enough to be mainstreamed back in society. He worked briefly as a private eye until his client's uncle kidnaps and drugs him and puts him in a rest home. After that incident Scott leaves Spokane and moves to Seattle where he drives a cab and sees his daughter when his ex-wife allows it.
The first two fender benders Scott is involved in he chalks up to bad luck coincidence, but the third one puts him in the hospital where he has a mental relapse. When he gets out, he refuses to drive the cab anymore. The replacement driver who drove Scott's usual cab was killed in an accident. Although Scott is definitely paranoid, he believes that somebody or a group of people is responsible for certain traffic accidents. He intends to find out who they are or die trying.
The question of the protagonist's sanity is paramount to the central theme. Are the car accidents he is involved in random chance or a concerted effort by a group of people whose goals are unknown? It would be too easy to chalk the events up to the hero's mental illness especially when other people he knows are also victims. Steve Oliver, a former mental patient himself, has created a character who is fascinating, vulnerable and likable, one that the audience roots for every step of the way.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Crime & Police story
Yes
Story of
- being hunted by killer/stalker
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Brain/Body disability?
- mental illness
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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