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Plot Summary of Rising Sun
"A call-girl is found dead in the forty sixth floor of a large Japenese corporation in Los Angeles. A liasion officer,Peter Smith and a detective with unusual knowledge of japenese culture,Jack Connor,investigate the mysterious death,unraveling a plot which accords the famous japenese
saying "BUSINESS IS WAR".
"

INDRAJITH KRISHNAMURTHY, Resident Scholar

"A young police officer and an old Japanese expert police officer investigate a murder of a woman. As their case comes to a close, the two officers learn for themselves why the Japanese say "Business is war". "
Greg Mahler, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Rising Sun
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - Dry-cynical
How difficult to spot villain? - Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 10%
Misc. Murder Plotlets - character killed during/after sexing - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect
Kind of investigator - police procedural, American
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - feelings towards family/friends
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 20's-30's - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - none - a little
Ethnicity/Race - Black
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure - power
The antagonists are: - big business leader(s)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - West - California
City? Yes
City: - Los Angeles

Style
Person - mostly 1st - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 3-4
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing
Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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