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Plot Summary of A Spy in the House of Love
"Sabina is a beautiful lying wife who is out to
seduce every attractive man she can get her hands
on, all the while living a double life with staid Alan.
her unsuspecting husband. Her chief method of
cover up is to tell Alan she's an actress in a play
and she must leave for a couple of weeks at a time.
Sabina, a beautiful sex addict, is an international
spy in the house of love. She's telling her story to a
lie detector whom she dials at random when she could
call a friend. She begs the stranger to come to the bar
she is calling him from and try to save her.
"

Joan Clare, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of A Spy in the House of Love
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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - seduction (yum!) - boatload of casual sex without love - playing footsy while inconveniently married
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Taboo sex story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - actor/actress/producer
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 ()
City? Yes
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of hetero sex
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards - a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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