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Plot Summary of Dancing Aztecs
"When a valuable statue, worth millions, is mixed in with a bunch of plaster copies and shipped to New York, everyone is on its trail - especially a small-time thief and con artist who wouldn't mind the money. Aztec, Aztec, who's got the Aztec? A little dated, but gaspingly funny."
Ivy, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical - very upbeat
Time/era of story: - 1960's-1970's
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets: - search for gems/treasure/money
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - thief/con artist
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
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
Identity: - none

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
City? Yes
City: - New York

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
How many deaths? - 0 (not a murder mystery)
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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