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"Chillingly prophetic thriller written in 1977 detailing an airliner shot down by shoulder-fired missiles over London by Arab terrorists. The plane crashes into London's busy Victoria railway station, starting massive fires and causing massive loss of life. Rescue workers struggle to save as many lives as they can while aircraft accident investigators attempt to discover exactly what happened before the pilots and their families are implicated."
Nick Warren, 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 - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%
Tone of story
- Dry-cynical
Time/era of story:
- 1960's-1970's
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- stopping a saboteur/spy
Big vehicle disaster?
Yes
Kind of vehicle:
- plane
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
- wild
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
Motive of antagonist
- revenge
The antagonists are:
- Arab terrorists
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- France
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Israel
- Arabia
Air?
Yes
Air:
- passenger plane
City?
Yes
City:
- London
- dangerous
- rude people
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- hundreds or more
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- dropped from large heights
- fright
- run over
- crushed
- flamed
- stampeded
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
- exploded into bits
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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