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* ButNotTooBlack: [[spoiler: Harold's son and grandson, who he fathered with a Black maid, both pass for white]].
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* BigBrotherBully: Lance delights in trolling Harold. It gets to the point where he [[spoiler: gets one of his maids to ''sexually assault'' him]] for a laugh.
* DumbIsGood: Harold, who has an undiagnosed mental illness, is the kindest and most innocent of the family. His only scandal isn't even his fault.
* PetTheDog: In Lance's last moment with Harold he admits that he loves him.
* PetTheDog: In Lance's last moment with Harold he admits that he loves him.
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* TheReveal: The secret ingredient to Panola Cola is [[spoiler: honeysuckle]].
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* TheReveal: The secret ingredient to Panola Cola is [[spoiler: honeysuckle]].honeysuckle]].
* RichesToRags: [[spoiler: The entire family name by the end; its sole survivor after Harold's passing is his recently-discoveted grandson who had to work his way out of poverty to lower-middle class.]]
* StraightGay: Montgomery Forster is a handsome, masculine (though not [[ManlyGay overly-so]], and ladies find him quite charming. However, his true love was a fellow soldier in the Great War.
* RichesToRags: [[spoiler: The entire family name by the end; its sole survivor after Harold's passing is his recently-discoveted grandson who had to work his way out of poverty to lower-middle class.]]
* StraightGay: Montgomery Forster is a handsome, masculine (though not [[ManlyGay overly-so]], and ladies find him quite charming. However, his true love was a fellow soldier in the Great War.
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''American Pop'' is a 2019 novel by author Snowden Wright. It follows Houghton Forster, a Mississppi soda-pop magnate, and his dysfunctional family. From the book's official description: "Moving from Mississippi to Paris to New York and back again, a saga of family, ambition, passion, and tragedy that brings to life one unforgettable Southern dynasty—the Forsters, founders of the world’s first major soft-drink company—against the backdrop of more than a century of American cultural history."
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!! Tropes in the book include:
* TheAce: Montgomery; a charming, dashing war hero and (for a time) the most put-together of Houghton's children.
** BrokenAce: The death of his true love in the war is something he never recovers from.
* ButNotTooBlack: [[spoiler: Harold's son and grandson, who he fathered with a Black maid, both pass for white]].
* DeepSouth: The Forsters are based in Mississippi, and most of the story takes place there.
* RagsToRiches: Houghton goes from being a poor son of immigrants to amassing a Rockerfeller level of wealth and prestige with Panola Cola.
* TheReveal: The secret ingredient to Panola Cola is [[spoiler: honeysuckle]].
''American Pop'' is a 2019 novel by author Snowden Wright. It follows Houghton Forster, a Mississppi soda-pop magnate, and his dysfunctional family. From the book's official description: "Moving from Mississippi to Paris to New York and back again, a saga of family, ambition, passion, and tragedy that brings to life one unforgettable Southern dynasty—the Forsters, founders of the world’s first major soft-drink company—against the backdrop of more than a century of American cultural history."
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!! Tropes in the book include:
* TheAce: Montgomery; a charming, dashing war hero and (for a time) the most put-together of Houghton's children.
** BrokenAce: The death of his true love in the war is something he never recovers from.
* ButNotTooBlack: [[spoiler: Harold's son and grandson, who he fathered with a Black maid, both pass for white]].
* DeepSouth: The Forsters are based in Mississippi, and most of the story takes place there.
* RagsToRiches: Houghton goes from being a poor son of immigrants to amassing a Rockerfeller level of wealth and prestige with Panola Cola.
* TheReveal: The secret ingredient to Panola Cola is [[spoiler: honeysuckle]].
