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The Men Who Stare at Goats

Ronson, Jon
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nonfiction investigative journalism past tense first POV ~244 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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unsettling investigative paranoid

A dark nonfiction. Expect dense, literary prose, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 40
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 50
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count60,930
Page count~244 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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