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Plot Summary of The Maintenance Man
"Malcolm is a male prostitute or as he would like to call himself an Escort. He meets a wealthy women named Helen who is married. He escorts Helen on a regular basis. He also meets Tina who is also a regular customer of Malcolm's.

Then he meets the women who would become his bride, Antoinette who is a dancer. She was engaged to a man named Eric whom she didn't really love. Then she finds out what it is that Malcolm does for a living and decides to leave him.
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Plot
Tone of book? - very sensitive (sigh)
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Life of a profession: - prostitute/stripper/porn
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Lover is - a prostitute (practice makes perfect!)

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - prostitute
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality - Black
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 (an average amount)
United States Yes
The US: - California

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of hetero sex - descript. of female anat. (the big B's) - descript. of female anat. (the big V)
Lot of foul language? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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