"Returning blue-collar veterens come home without opprotunity, so they have to create their own opprotunities. This means a turn to Crime; yet they are oriented to the work ethic of their forebears. They work to legalize their activities to rejoin society."
Lawrance George Lux, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of story
- very humorous
- very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain?
- Story partially from villain's perspective
Time/era of story:
- 1960's-1970's
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is....
- criminal's rise in a crime organization
Crime Thriller
Yes
Mostly a criminal POV story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- just the right amount
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Profession/status:
- criminal
Has special powers?
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
The antagonists are:
- government bureaucracy
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 0 (not a murder mystery)
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- actual description of sex
- descript. of breasts
- descript. of male nudity
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
