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Plot Summary of The Closer's Song
"A highly successful auto exec overcomes youthful disabilities in rise to greatness only to question the cost of that success. In a dialogue with his alter ego he reveals a unique relationship which begins in Sleepy Hollow, progresses to Woodstock, Greenwhich Villiage and back again. Should have broad appeal to baby boomer generation. "
CHRISTOPHER COLE, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of The Closer's Song
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - playing footsy while inconveniently married
Poverty, surviving Yes
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - vague finding self/purpose in life (i.e. no plot to book)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Taboo sex story? Yes
Druggie/Wino problems? - alcohol - drugs
Brain/Body disability? - physical disability

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - small businessman
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric - obsessed - deluded
Ethnicity/Nationality - Italian
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.

Style
Unusual Style: - a lot of play on words - a lot of flashback and forwards - a lot of stream of consciousness
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