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The Honorable Schoolboy

Carre, John Le
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thriller espionage past tense third limited POV ~792 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

paranoid gritty atmospheric

A dark thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count198,064
Page count~792 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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