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* SwitchingPOV: There are six POV characters distributed across [[TwoLinesNoWaiting two plot threads]].
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* GagHaircut: A rare, completely [[PlayedForDrama unfunny]] version. LongHairedPrettyBoy Mari is given a deliberately ugly, "ragged and tufted" TraumaticHaircut as part of his mistreatment in prison.
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* GagHaircut: A rare, completely [[PlayedForDrama unfunny]] version. The imagery of this trope--a LongHairedPrettyBoy Mari is given receiving a deliberately ugly, "ragged and tufted" TraumaticHaircut haircut that [[TraumaticHaircut wounds his pride]]--is PlayedForDrama as part of his mistreatment in prison.Mari's prison experience.
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* GagHaircut: A rare, completely [[PlayedForDrama unfunny]] version. LongHairedPrettyBoy Mari is given a deliberately ugly, "ragged and tufted" TraumaticHaircut as part of his mistreatment in prison.
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* TraumaticHaircut: Mari's long hair is hacked off in prison. It's done so sloppily that he interprets it as a deliberate insult.
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* TraumaticHaircut: Mari's long hair is hacked off in prison. It's done [[GagHaircut so sloppily sloppily]] that he interprets it as a deliberate insult.
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* CompleteTheQuoteTitle: Chapter 5 is titled "Gin and Beer." The chapter does, in fact, show characters drinking these beverages--but it also focuses heavily on a character who's suffering from dehydration. The source of the quote, a passage from Creator/RudyardKipling's "Gunga Din," is about soldiers' need for water.
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* CompleteTheQuoteTitle: Chapter 5 is titled "Gin and Beer." The chapter does, in fact, show characters drinking these beverages--but it also focuses heavily on a character who's suffering from dehydration. The source of the quote, title, a passage from Creator/RudyardKipling's "Gunga Din," is about soldiers' need for water.
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* EitherOrTitle: Chapter 7 is titled "A Misstep; or, All Boy-Girl." Both titles are [[TitleDrop dropped]] within the chapter.
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Another plot thread involves a prostitute named Jenny; her rich client, Bäumer; and a BlackMarket book dealer called Crow.
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Another plot thread involves deals with the aftermath of a raid on an illegal bookshop, which affects a separate set of characters: a prostitute named Jenny; her rich client, Bäumer; and a BlackMarket book dealer called Crow.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Mari the bartender is a "pleasant-looking" man with very long hair.
* ShirtlessCaptives: Georg Heldt is dressed only in "loose prison trousers" when he is being interrogated.
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* TraumaticHaircut: Mari's long hair is hacked off in prison. It's done so sloppily that he interprets it as a deliberate insult.
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* ChemicallyInducedInsanity: Inverted. One character is [[DetrimentalDetermination so focused]] on avoiding the debilitating effects of the drugged drinking water that he becomes dehydrated, suffers from hallucinations, and briefly blacks out.
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* CompleteTheQuoteTitle: Chapter 5 is titled "Gin and Beer." The chapter does, in fact, show characters drinking these beverages--but it also focuses heavily on a character who's suffering from dehydration. The poem the title is taken from, Creator/RudyardKipling's "Gunga Din," is about soldiers' need for water.
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* CompleteTheQuoteTitle: Chapter 5 is titled "Gin and Beer." The chapter does, in fact, show characters drinking these beverages--but it also focuses heavily on a character who's suffering from dehydration. The poem source of the title is taken from, quote, a passage from Creator/RudyardKipling's "Gunga Din," is about soldiers' need for water.
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-->''[F]or some reason the [[TWordEuphemism f----ts]] there encouraged her. They flipped her coins--she could catch a groat from clear across the room--and they rushed to light her cigarettes.''
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* FagHag: Crow describes Jenny as having a campily quasi-flirtatious relationship with the patrons of the [[WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame Pine Tree Tavern]]:
-->''[F]or some reason the [[TWordEuphemism f----ts]] there encouraged her. They flipped her coins--she could catch a groat from clear across the room--and they rushed to light her cigarettes.''
-->''[F]or some reason the [[TWordEuphemism f----ts]] there encouraged her. They flipped her coins--she could catch a groat from clear across the room--and they rushed to light her cigarettes.''
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* BizarreBeverageUse: One character uses beer as an improvised treatment for severely dry eyes.
* ChemicallyInducedInsanity: Inverted. One character is [[DetrimentalDetermination so focused]] on avoiding the debilitating effects of the drugged drinking water that he becomes dehydrated, suffers from hallucinations, and briefly blacks out.
* CompleteTheQuoteTitle: Chapter 5 is titled "Gin and Beer." The chapter does, in fact, show characters drinking these beverages--but it also focuses heavily on a character who's suffering from dehydration. The poem the title is taken from, Creator/RudyardKipling's "Gunga Din," is about soldiers' need for water.
* DescriptionCut: On the run after his shop is raided, Crow reflects that [[spoiler:Bäumer]], who was apparently caught in the raid, must be suffering in a "hell of scrutiny." The narrative then briefly switches to [[spoiler:Bäumer relaxing alone in his apartment]].
* DetrimentalDetermination: [[spoiler:After the raid, Crow]] avoids drinking the drugged tap water in order to keep his head clear. He overcomes thirst by sheer willpower, but it backfires on him: he becomes so dehydrated that his cognition is impaired and his [[EyeScream eyes dry out]].
* DetrimentalDetermination: [[spoiler:After the raid, Crow]] avoids drinking the drugged tap water in order to keep his head clear. He overcomes thirst by sheer willpower, but it backfires on him: he becomes so dehydrated that his cognition is impaired and his [[EyeScream eyes dry out]].
* EyeScream: A character becomes so dehydrated that his eyes dry out, leaving him unable to close them and temporarily half-blind.
-->''Why had he sweat but no tears?''
* FantasticDrug: The government spikes the water with AMP-M, which is amphetamine-like in low doses, but at higher doses induces a lethargic, zombie-like state.
* FascistsBedTime: Characters frequently worry about getting inside before curfew.
-->''Why had he sweat but no tears?''
* FantasticDrug: The government spikes the water with AMP-M, which is amphetamine-like in low doses, but at higher doses induces a lethargic, zombie-like state.
* FascistsBedTime: Characters frequently worry about getting inside before curfew.
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* FriendlyShopkeeper: Crow the bookseller repeatedly goes the extra mile, becoming an expert in one customer's favorite (incredibly narrow) subgenre and buying hard-to-sell books from another customer out of sympathy. [[spoiler:It doesn't stop him from saying ScrewThisImOuttaHere when the place gets raided.]]
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* FriendlyShopkeeper: Crow the bookseller repeatedly goes the extra mile, becoming an expert in one customer's favorite (incredibly narrow) subgenre and buying hard-to-sell books from another customer out of sympathy. [[spoiler:It doesn't stop him from saying ScrewThisImOuttaHere when sympathy.
* FugitiveArc: After his shop is raided, Crow wanders through theplace gets raided.]]city in a paranoid haze, believing himself to be pursued.
* FugitiveArc: After his shop is raided, Crow wanders through the
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* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: The tap water (and [[MustHaveCaffeine hot running coffee]]) contain unspecified drugs. Everyone seems to know about it, and rainwater collection is a cottage industry.
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* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: The tap water (and [[MustHaveCaffeine hot running coffee]]) contain unspecified drugs. are spiked with [[FantasticDrug AMP-M]]. Everyone seems to know about it, it (it has a taste), and rainwater collection is a cottage industry.some characters deliberately avoid it.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Jenny is a pleasure-seeking young woman who drinks heavily (when she can afford it).
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Jenny engages in sex work at least casually. She's very intuitive about others' feelings and becomes impulsively generous when drunk.
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* MustHaveNicotine: Mentioned. Since EverybodySmokes, prisoners' tobacco rations are limited so cigarettes can be used as a carrot during PerpSweating.
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* MustHaveNicotine: Mentioned. MustHaveNicotine:
** Since EverybodySmokes, prisoners' tobacco rations are limited so cigarettes can be used as a carrot duringPerpSweating.PerpSweating.
** During Crow's FugitiveArc, his inability to buy cigarettes is one of the many, many things stressing him out.
** Since EverybodySmokes, prisoners' tobacco rations are limited so cigarettes can be used as a carrot during
** During Crow's FugitiveArc, his inability to buy cigarettes is one of the many, many things stressing him out.
* SwitchingPOV: There are five POV characters distributed across [[TwoLinesNoWaiting two plot threads]].
* TastesLikeFriendship: Variant; Jenny befriends Crow by offering him cigarettes.
* ThirstyDesert: The "maddened by thirst" aspect of this trope is played out in an unusual environment: A character becomes debilitatingly dehydrated ''in the middle of a bustling city'' because of his refusal to drink the drugged water.
* ThisBedOfRoses: When Crow is on the run, [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Elena]] offers him hospitality.
* TastesLikeFriendship: Variant; Jenny befriends Crow by offering him cigarettes.
* ThirstyDesert: The "maddened by thirst" aspect of this trope is played out in an unusual environment: A character becomes debilitatingly dehydrated ''in the middle of a bustling city'' because of his refusal to drink the drugged water.
* ThisBedOfRoses: When Crow is on the run, [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Elena]] offers him hospitality.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: One plot thread involves Carl's work with the Security Force. The other involves Jenny scrabbling for survival and getting mixed up with dangerous men.
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* WaterSourceTampering: GovernmentDrugEnforcement is accomplished via the water supply.
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* WaterSourceTampering: GovernmentDrugEnforcement is accomplished via the water supply. As a result, rainwater collection has become a cottage industry.
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The story takes place in the year [[YearX 19--]]. The CommieLand setting implies it's during UsefulNotes/TheColdWar, but the technology level skews just a tad early for this: for example, it's considered worth noting that the elevator is automatic (i.e., doesn't have a human operator), and people have radios in their homes rather than televisions. On the other hand, CCTV ''does'' exist, though it may not be widespread.
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The story takes place in the year [[YearX 19--]]. The CommieLand setting implies it's during UsefulNotes/TheColdWar, but the technology level skews just a tad early for this: for example, it's considered worth noting the narrative points out that the elevator is automatic (i.e., doesn't have a human operator), and people have radios but not televisions in their homes rather than televisions.homes. On the other hand, CCTV ''does'' exist, though it may not be widespread.
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* BadToTheLastDrop: Centrally brewed coffee is "lukewarm, bitter, rusty, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and drugged]]."
