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Plot Summary of The Double Image
"An ordinary person gets caught in an international intrigue of espionage, finds himself in a bind, helps his friends as well as the friendly intelligence agents to thwart the enemy plans"
r b siddhanti, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of The Double Image
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - very upbeat
Time/era of story: - 1960's-1970's
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - main char. spying/sabotage
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - scholar
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - spy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - communists
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
Europe Yes
European country: - Greece

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Unusual forms of death - drowned
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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