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"Twenty year old goes to work on Grand Coulee Dam in the mid 1930s. Falls in love with a dope smoking taxi dancer. She finally gives up dope and moves in with him. Due to tragic circumstances she goes back to dope and leaves him. He looks for her, but never finds her. His best friend is killed by a rival. Years later, he returns to Grand Coulee, it is now a ghost town, but the dam is a promise of a bright future amid a dead past."
Frank Wilson, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Making a living subplot
Yes
Making a living:
- working ordinary lives
Is really...
- a criminal (possibly)
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- laborer/blue collar
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- mature
- a better lover
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- prostitute
How sexual is this person?
- frigid
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- a better lover
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related?
- 40%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of sex
- descript. of female anatomy (the big V)
- rape/molest (yeech!)
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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