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"Senhor Jose is a clerk in the Central Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths. This ordinary bachelor civil servant collects details of famous people as a hobby. By chance one day he picks out a card belonging to an unknown woman whilst collecting details about the famous people. An obsession with finding out about the woman begins and soon Senhor Jose is forging investigative letters from his boss the Registrar. He goes to the address on her birth certificate and meets an old woman in a ground floor flat who turns out to be the unknown woman's god mother. She has not had contact with her since the girl was at school. Armed with the school's details Senhor Jose breaks into the school one weekend to look at the unknown woman's record cards. He catches flu that weekend and must uncharacteristically take time off work. However recovered during routine filing he discovers that the unknown woman has died. He goes to the General Cemetery to find out details of her death and visit her grave. On his return he finds the Registrar in his house and the Registrar says he has been following Senhor Jose's progress and urges him to destroy the unknown woman's death certificate so that she will always be alive. This book delightfully explores the anxieties and tribulations of Senhor Jose's obsession.
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John Marcel, 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
- 1980's-1999
Life of a profession:
- bureaucrat
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
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
Europe
Yes
City?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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