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Plot
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Life of a profession: - businessman, bad
Strong "rags to riches" component? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Age group of kid(s) in story: - grade school

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a kid
Profession/status: - student
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed - eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
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? - 4 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
City? Yes
City: - New York - wealthy

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Unusual Style: - a lot of play on words - a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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