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Plot Summary of The Palermo Ambush
"Major Petrie lands a sabotage team to blow up an Italian train ferry, in connection with the allied invasion of Sicily, during WWII. "
Morten Givskov, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Palermo Ambush
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - 1930's-1950's
War Thriller Yes
Armed Forces: - Army
Specific to - WW II
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - engineer
Age: - 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - British
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - nazis
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Italy

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 8 or more
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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