Procession of the Black Sloth - Laird Barron
Novella
Number of words : 23000
Percent of complex words : 11.6
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 12.7
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 9.7
Flesch : 63.4
Flesch-Kincaid : 7.6
PEOPLE
Royce Hawthorne
Counter-espionage in industry expert, given an assignment in Hong Kong.
Ted K.
A salesman from Cleveland.
Mr. Jen
Hawthorne's driver.
Martin Reardon James
President of Coltech local operations.
Miguel Shea
Vice president of Coltech local operations.
Brendan Coyne
The possible leak. Becomes a friend.
Jodie Samuels
Runs Rover, a watering hole.
Jenny Hodge
The ex-girlfriend.
Agatha Ward
A terrible flautist and social organiser at LRA.
Carole Joyce
A large ensnarer of young men at LRA.
Mary Coyne
Brendan's mother.
Chu
A boy Royce hires to follow Mrs Coyne.
Gerald
Late shift bartender.
Shelley Jackson
Royce's younger LRA neighbour. Worth spying on.
Manny Poe
A Balkan gangster prince.
Mrs Grant
Crone in a wheelchair.
Charlton Heston
An actor.
Lila Tuttle
Another crone.
Ming Cho
A conglomerate liaision.
Liu Zhu
A flunky.
Bill Zander
Sees something in the rubber plants.
Mrs Degive
Another crone.
Mrs Yarbro
Another crone.
Mrs Cardin
Another crone.
D. Andrews
A hanging maggot.
J. Stevens
A hanging maggot.
Bertram Harris
A building superintendent.
Cousin Tobe
Had a farm with a slaughterhouse.
Wang
A barman.
PLACES
Barrier Reef
Coral formation off Queensland.
The Lord Raleigh Arms
A housing project Royce stays at.
Rover
A posh cocktail lounge.
The Monsoon Gallery
A cinema.
VEHICLES
Lexus
A type of car.
ORGANISATIONS
Coltech Ltd
Hawthorne's assignment. A technology manufacturing company.
Belcorp
Coltech's parent company.
TECHNOLOGY
Octopus Card
A smart card for use on public transport etc.
Cohiba
Type of cigarette.
CONCEPTS
Procession of the Black Sloth
Strange ritual the crones are involved in.
MEDIA
I Ching
A book of divination.
Journey to the West
Chinese mythology story.
ANIMALS
Megatherium S. America
A giant prehistoric mammal.
Koi
Large fish.
PLOT
Royce Hawthorne is a specialist in uncovering corporate espionage and is sent to Hong Kong to look into suspicions of such at a company. He is put up at in a gated community full of foreign nationals.
As his investigations progress - among lots of drinking - he is increasingly disturbed by a group of self-styled crones you have some strange habits and gatherings.
His job and what he uncovers connect in a rather nasty manner.
4 out of 5
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Number of words : 23000
Percent of complex words : 11.6
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 12.7
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 9.7
Flesch : 63.4
Flesch-Kincaid : 7.6
PEOPLE
Royce Hawthorne
Counter-espionage in industry expert, given an assignment in Hong Kong.
Ted K.
A salesman from Cleveland.
Mr. Jen
Hawthorne's driver.
Martin Reardon James
President of Coltech local operations.
Miguel Shea
Vice president of Coltech local operations.
Brendan Coyne
The possible leak. Becomes a friend.
Jodie Samuels
Runs Rover, a watering hole.
Jenny Hodge
The ex-girlfriend.
Agatha Ward
A terrible flautist and social organiser at LRA.
Carole Joyce
A large ensnarer of young men at LRA.
Mary Coyne
Brendan's mother.
Chu
A boy Royce hires to follow Mrs Coyne.
Gerald
Late shift bartender.
Shelley Jackson
Royce's younger LRA neighbour. Worth spying on.
Manny Poe
A Balkan gangster prince.
Mrs Grant
Crone in a wheelchair.
Charlton Heston
An actor.
Lila Tuttle
Another crone.
Ming Cho
A conglomerate liaision.
Liu Zhu
A flunky.
Bill Zander
Sees something in the rubber plants.
Mrs Degive
Another crone.
Mrs Yarbro
Another crone.
Mrs Cardin
Another crone.
D. Andrews
A hanging maggot.
J. Stevens
A hanging maggot.
Bertram Harris
A building superintendent.
Cousin Tobe
Had a farm with a slaughterhouse.
Wang
A barman.
PLACES
Barrier Reef
Coral formation off Queensland.
The Lord Raleigh Arms
A housing project Royce stays at.
Rover
A posh cocktail lounge.
The Monsoon Gallery
A cinema.
VEHICLES
Lexus
A type of car.
ORGANISATIONS
Coltech Ltd
Hawthorne's assignment. A technology manufacturing company.
Belcorp
Coltech's parent company.
TECHNOLOGY
Octopus Card
A smart card for use on public transport etc.
Cohiba
Type of cigarette.
CONCEPTS
Procession of the Black Sloth
Strange ritual the crones are involved in.
MEDIA
I Ching
A book of divination.
Journey to the West
Chinese mythology story.
ANIMALS
Megatherium S. America
A giant prehistoric mammal.
Koi
Large fish.
PLOT
Royce Hawthorne is a specialist in uncovering corporate espionage and is sent to Hong Kong to look into suspicions of such at a company. He is put up at in a gated community full of foreign nationals.
As his investigations progress - among lots of drinking - he is increasingly disturbed by a group of self-styled crones you have some strange habits and gatherings.
His job and what he uncovers connect in a rather nasty manner.
4 out of 5
http://www.webscription.net/chapters/1597801461/1597801461___3.htm