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Hi there,
Trying to puzzle out the genre of my current MS. I've described it as Literary Fiction, however there are serious thriller vibes in it. Does Literary Thriller make sense?
The gist is:
American expat Elijah runs from his divorce and the miscarriage that caused it, all the way to China. Whiskey, women, and the mobbed-up fighting circuit provides distraction, but then he sleeps with a gangster's girl and winds up framed for her murder by her jealous boyfriend.
Eli's avoided feeling much of anything beyond the frayed nerves of the nightlife, but the gangster tortures Eli's friends to get to him, forcing him to make a choice. To turn himself over means death, but more than anything, it means Eli can't run any more. As he forms a plan to face the gangster in the ring, Eli wrestles with his own sense of guilt over his friends, but also over the life he destroyed before China.
The above is just a quick write up of what I'm thinking is the "story" and not so much the "plot." Thoughts on this, guys?
Trying to puzzle out the genre of my current MS. I've described it as Literary Fiction, however there are serious thriller vibes in it. Does Literary Thriller make sense?
The gist is:
American expat Elijah runs from his divorce and the miscarriage that caused it, all the way to China. Whiskey, women, and the mobbed-up fighting circuit provides distraction, but then he sleeps with a gangster's girl and winds up framed for her murder by her jealous boyfriend.
Eli's avoided feeling much of anything beyond the frayed nerves of the nightlife, but the gangster tortures Eli's friends to get to him, forcing him to make a choice. To turn himself over means death, but more than anything, it means Eli can't run any more. As he forms a plan to face the gangster in the ring, Eli wrestles with his own sense of guilt over his friends, but also over the life he destroyed before China.
The above is just a quick write up of what I'm thinking is the "story" and not so much the "plot." Thoughts on this, guys?
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