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Plot Summary of Good Behavior
"A robbery goes wrong, and Dortmunder is trapped in a nunnery. The nuns aren't going to tell - provide Dortmunder finds a way to rescue their newest member, Sister Mary Grace. Sister Mary Grace's father, a super rich businessman, has had her kidnapped from the nunnery and is trying to deprogram her out of the Catholic Church. Problem: she's a prisoner at the top of a skyscraper her father owns, and she's under tight security. Dortmunder *has* to find a solution..."
Ivy, Resident Scholar



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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - Dry-cynical
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets: - escape/rescue from kidnappers
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - thief/con artist
Age: - 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - business executive
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

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

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 0 (not a murder mystery)
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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