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"Broken down, ex-con, one-time great surfer Sam Fahey makes his meager living by rounding up feral dogs along the Mexico-USA border and raising worms on his farm that he inherited from his deadbeat, evil father.
His life has seemingly no meaning, until he rescues an apparent illegal alien; a beautiful Mexican woman who has come across the border via the ocean. He bands together with her to find her assailants who nearly killed her, causing her to flee across the border. These assailants are working for a larger entity...one that is obviously related to one of the companies that has placed factories in Mexico and is poisoning the land, the water, and the people who live there.
Sam is not merely a burned out surfer turned drug dealer...he is one of maybe two time surfers who ever surfed the "Mystic Peak." This forgotten, beautiful life is brought back to the present by Magdalena as she quietly questions him and gives him the human feeling that he has lost.
The two assailants are products of the maquiladoras that are poisoning everything around them. They were once meaningful and productive men, but have gone bad due to their circumstances and the graft and greed of their country's politics. They are trying to silence Magdalena for many reasons, but mostly for the money they will receive when she is dead.
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Margarita, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Tone of book?
- depressed
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Political/social activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- fighting evil big business
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 10 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Small town?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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