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"It's 1927 Hollywood, and Harold Gilbert is the world's most popular film comedian. He's got a million-dollar career, his own studio, an estate called Avalon, a beautiful wife and two children. So why can't he forget the dead girl? Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout. " Laura Mazzuca Toops, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1900-1920's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Life of a profession: - artist
Other aspects: - story of "the rich"
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Wife
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes
Taboo sex story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - actor/actress/producer
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 (an average amount)
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest - California
City? Yes
City: - Los Angeles - wealthy
Misc setting - fancy mansion - moving train

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of hetero sex
Lot of foul language? Yes
Is this an e-book? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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