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"Danny is a junior at Yale University, but unlike his other friends who are from wealthy families, Danny comes from a new jersey working class family. He has a crush on Polly, a pretty classmate who is having an affair with a professor, and he has been getting frantic calls from his ex-girlfriend, Cindy, back home. With spring break coming up, Danny is looking forward to a chance to relax. But when he arrives at home, Danny's father has to undergo a minor surgery, and Danny must take care of his father's business: the lunch truck he calls the "roach coach". Danny soon learns that his father's "territory" is about to be taken over by a new business: "the lunch monsters" who are rumored to have mafia connections. To top it all of Cindy finally gets in touch with Danny and tells him that she's pregnant. With all these events going on at once, Danny faces difficult decisions about where his loyalties lie, how to save his father's business, and whether he is ready to become a father himself."
fran laniado, 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:
- businessman, good becoming bad
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Pregnancy/Child rearing
Yes
Major part of story:
- dealing with unexpected pregnancy
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 6 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Small town?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- impregnation/reproduction
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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