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Plot Summary of Hill Games
"Blackmail and bribery. Virtue suborned by vice. Not the sort of events that we would associate with the deliberations of the US Congress. In Hill Games, they are the ready tools of a cabal of schemers who seek to
manipulate the legislative process for their own profit.

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Charles Cronin, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of Hill Games
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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 - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - power struggle within govt between two factions - political blackmail
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler
Age: - 40's-50'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? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - evil politicians
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
City? Yes
City: - Washington D.C.

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 3-4
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Unusual forms of death - dropped from large heights
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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