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"In the third volume of the "History of Bestiality" Trilogy, the narrator is sojourning in an unnamed country in North Africa. The narrator's alcoholism becomes a metaphor for European wealth-addiction and its effect on the rest of the world, and the inevitablilty of revolution. The narrator talks with a black African revolutionary and an American Vietnam veteran, and steps out of time and has conversations with Columbus, Robespierre, and God. "
Esther Greenleaf Murer, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 1960's-1970's
Political/social activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- general liberal/left wing activism
Culture clash?
- visiting a culture in other country
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 ()
Africa
Yes
Kind of Africa:
- Arabic Africa
Desert?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- male homosexuals doing their thing
- rape/molest (yeech!)
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Is this an e-book?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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