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Plot Summary of Absolute Friends
"Ted Mundy, son of a disgraced Indian Army Major becomes involved with left wing student activists while attending university in Berlin during the late 1960's. A life long friendship is formed with Sasha, one of the stent leaders. Falling foul of the German police Ted is thrown out of Germany.

Spending several years aimlessly trying to find his niche in society, Ted finaly becomes a very junior diplomat. While on a trip to East Germany Ted is reunited with his friend Sasha, who has become a spy for the communist regime. Sahsa however would prefer to spy for England as a double agent. Ted is pulled into the spy world to be Sasha's handler.

The falling of the Berlin Wall ends this partnership, only to have it rekindled 10 years later when Sasha seeks out Ted to make him a strange offer. "

Simon Barrett, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Absolute Friends
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Plot

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




Tone of story - depressing/sad
Time/era of story: - 1960's-1970's
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - main char. spying/sabotage
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here? - commies!
Search for technology? - state secrets

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - diplomat
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
The antagonists are: - government bureaucracy
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Germany

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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