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Little Green Men - Christopher Buckley Book Review

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"An acerbic Washington political pundit is driven to the edge by a cynical, unstable government agent whose job is to discredit administration opponents by making them believe they have been abducted, probed and released by aliens. The pundit's life is turned upside down when it gets out that he believes that he, too, has been been kidnapped. The pundit turns the tables when he starts an explosively popular mass movement of abduction-believers. But are the little green men fake, or real? "
garrett simpson, Resident Christopher Buckley Scholar


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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%




Tone of book - cynical or dry-wit
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - unraveling a conspiracy
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - journalist
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - spy
Eccentric: Yes - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to torture
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript
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