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| Plot Summary of The Midnight Examiner |
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"Kotzwinkle's comic novel tells the story of how the editor and staff of a sleazy publishing company specializing in a variety of sordid magazines, like “The Midnight Examiner,” which is a scandal sheet, tries to save an actress in porno films from the clutches of a Mafia boss. Howard Halliday, the editor, befriended Mitzi Mouse, the actress, when she modeled for one of his magazines. When she accidently shoots the gangster in the leg during a movie shoot, she comes to Halliday's office for help.
He mobilizes all the members of his staff to protect her, using a variety of comic weapons including a blow gun with poison darts and a fishing rod. Later Mitzi and one of the other editors is kidnaped, and the staff goes to the home of the gangster to try and save them."
Jack Goodstein, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of The Midnight Examiner |
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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
Crime & Police story
Yes
Story of
- Mafia conflict
- kidnapping
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Unusual Style:
- a lot of play on words
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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