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The Disappearing Spoon and Other True Tales of Madness, Love and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

Kean, Sam
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nonfiction popular science past tense third limited POV ~443 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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encyclopedic whimsical educational

A nonfiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Action-forward. Contains notable humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 20
externalintrospective
Ending 50
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 70%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count110,784
Page count~443 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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