The Catfish Tangle
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Plot Summary of The Catfish Tangle

"THE CATFISH TANGLE has been published in 1951.

A Deputy Sheriff from a little Louisiana town, while fishing in the bayou, meets a young woman who hides with her husband in a cabin near the lake. Both fall madly in love and soon the husband, an escaped convict, is killed by Jack. Both lovers hope to catch a flight to California but, first, Jack will have to come back into the bayous in order to remove an important clue. For two days, Jack wanders through the swamps with his former colleagues behind him, trying to kill him.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

"
Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Catfish Tangle

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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%

Tone of story - depressing/sad
Time/era of story: - 1930's-1950's
Exploring into the wild Yes
Plotlets: - being chased through wilderness
The crook is.... - on the run from the law
Crime Thriller Yes
Mostly a criminal POV story Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - finding a known killer

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South
Forest? Yes
Water? Yes
Water: - pleasure/love boat - swimming on
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 2
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog

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