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"Dirty White Boys is the story of Lamar Pye's prison break and his life on the run. Lamar has an altercation with a tough black dude in McAlester State Penitentiary in Oklahoma. He knows that this will eventually lead to his demise so he gets his mentally handicapped cousin Odell and his artist cellmate Richard and they break out of the Penitentiary. Russel "Bud" Pewtie is then called to track down the escaped convicts. Once on the outside, Lamar kills a delivery truck driver to get his vehicle and ends up at the Stepford's home, an elderly couple living quietly. Lamar steals their guns and tries to make a man out of Richard who is weak. While at the Stepfords Bud catches up with them and there is a bog shoot out where officer Ted is killed. Lamar and company go back out on the road and wind up in texas where they rob a Denny's. Bud eventually tracks down the group. There is another big gun battle where Bud get seriously injured and Lamar's group has some casualties. After his loss, Lamar seeks revenge for what Bud Pewtie did to him. "
Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- Dry-cynical
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is....
- on the run from the law
Crime Thriller
Yes
Mostly a criminal POV story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
- wild
How much violence does he/she use?
- a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
The antagonists are:
- FBI/CIA
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- quite fatty
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- dumb rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths?
- 8 or more
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript. of breasts
- descript. of male nudity
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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