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Plot Summary of Alluvial Reflections
"In 1992, the Cold War is over but still driving conflicts in Africa. CIA agent Tucker Zulu, born in the African nation of Tango and educated at Harvard University, pursues his wife Denise and his once best friend Charles Dibango, a KGB agent, who have fled from Boston to Moscow after a DNA paternity test shocker.

Three years later, a Soviet-backed coup in Tango installs Charles as a dictator who engages in the illegal diamond trade. In this conflict, hundreds of people are brutally murdered or maimed, many by having their hands or arms hacked off.

Tucker's CIA team plans a countercoup. He meets Sally Kofi, a former KGB officer who is also Charles's mistress and is serving as Tangon ambassador to the U.S. They fall in love and plot to oust Charles.

"

, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Alluvial Reflections
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%




Tone of story - depressing/sad
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - deposing an evil leader
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - government investigator
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Ethnicity/Race - Black
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
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: - dictator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist - power
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
Africa Yes
City? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to torture
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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