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Plot Summary of High Fidelity
"Rob keeps the company of his fellow workers in the record shop and is consumed by his top-five lists of songs, albums, and movies for every situation. His girlfriend has just left him, and he tries a fling with a recording artist. But after seeing his old girlfriend, he mulls over his memories of her and rethinks their breakup, wanting to win her back."
Jessica Marler, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - rekindling lost love/marriage
Life of a profession: - clerk
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 1 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
City? Yes
City: - London

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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