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Plot Summary of Deep Black
"In Andy McNab's seventh fictional novel, Nick Stone takes on a job as a minder for Jerry, a newspaper photographer in Baghdad. After the two meet in Sarajevo, Eastern Europe during the war years, they meet in Washington DC. Jerry is after a photograph of an Islamic fundamentalist who is intent on fighting a consumer war rather than a killing war. Nuhanovic, this man, is very elusive, and Jerry expects to find him in Baghdad.
After encounters with the US Army and terrorists, the two find out that Nuhanovic is back in Eastern Europe - just outside Sarajevo. As the two travel through mountainous terrain, aided by Nuhanovic's men they hold out against terrorists in a cave. As they close in on Nuhanovic, Nick Stone realises something about the man, a man he observed in the Bosnian war, which could change the whole mission..."

Simon Griffiths, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Deep Black
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%




Tone of story - Dry-cynical
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - stopping a saboteur/spy
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here? - arabs and/or muslims

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - spy
Age: - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - British
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - Islamic Fundamentalists
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails
City? Yes
City: - dangerous

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Unusual forms of death - crushed
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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Andy McNab Resident Scholar Profiles

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