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"Haycraft Keebler, the manic-depressive hero of this ambitious novel, believes that it is his duty to save the world. Spending most of his time in a rundown bar appropriately named the Don Quixote, Haycraft devises plans to cure society's ills, from spray-painting the city's trashcans gold to creating a “community living room” across the length of an alleyway. The regulars at the Don Q, all idealistic misfits in their own ways, affectionately tolerate Haycraft's crazy schemes and outraged polemics, but when he becomes romantically involved with a teenage male prostitute, a disastrous chain of events ensues that throws the community into chaos.
The novel swerves into the lives of various other characters, too: the aging hipster owners of the Don Q, Beau and Glenda Stiles, who have long kept watch over Haycraft; the pragmatic entrepreneur Romeo Diaz, who stumbles into the internet porn industry and finds love and heartbreak, and who is something of an antagonist to Haycraft, goading him on to wilder ambitions and humiliating him whenever possible."
James Eugene, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Political/social activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- general liberal/left wing activism
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- eccentric nature
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main char. serviced by prostitute?
Yes
Love problems?
- gay guy urges
Wisdom from homeless/bum?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
- obsessed
- mentally ill
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- quite fatty
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 6 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- licking
- actual description of hetero sex
- male homosexuals doing their thing
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English?
Yes
Unusual Style:
- a lot of play on words
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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