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"Jonathan Jaimison leaves small town Ohio for big New York city to search for his biological father and, ultimately, his true life calling. In Greenwich Village, he uncovers clues to his late mother's spicy secret past, as well as a cast of has-beens who are more than ready to claim Jonathan as their own (for purely selfish reasons, of course). As Jonathan stumbles through the book in search of his real father, Powell leads us on a riotous romp through the land of geriatric bohemia. Aging writers and burnt-out painters see a remedy for their dying careers in this naive young blood. Each potential father, however, must search a past clouded with alcohol and excess for that one memory of youthful indiscretion with Jonathan's mother, a forgettably mousy secretary. The sights and sounds of Greenwich Village nightlife are alive, and so is Powell's trademark satire of the art and publishing world. "
Shawn Averkamp, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- humorous
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Life of a profession:
- writer
Family, struggle with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Father (or standin)
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- search for family/history
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Midwest
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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