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Plot Summary of The Post Office
"The post office is about a first rate assassin Known as Jimmy King - once a child prostitute and junkie, now a cold-hearted killer, living by a code known as 'the way.' The post office is a front for an underworld syndicate known as the guild, offering murder for hire to the greatest of assassins. But Jimmy King is discovering the dark creature that he is and the sinister nature of the guild that oversees his life. One way or another, he palns to leave this dark path. The guild has other plans."
John Karkas, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical
How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is.... - criminal's rise in a crime organization
Crime Thriller Yes
Mostly a criminal POV story Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - killer
Age: - 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use? - a tremendous amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - mastermind

Setting
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - Australia
City? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts
Unusual forms of death - eaten - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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