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Swing Time

Smith, Zadie
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literary fiction contemporary fiction past tense first POV ~545 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic lyrical observational

A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 75
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count136,160
Page count~545 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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