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2 | ''Angelmaker'' is an 2012 novel by Creator/NickHarkaway. |
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4 | !!Provides examples of: |
5 | * AmoralAttorney: Mercer Cradle. Subverted - he defends the gangsters of London with all tricks of the trade, but actually they are the [[BlackAndGreyMorality good guys]] here. |
6 | * {{Angrish}}: Used internally by Edie while she is trying to stay hidden, concerning a certain centipide named Richard. |
7 | ** 'Bonk bonk bonk bonk BONK... BONK BONK BONK youlittlebastard.' |
8 | * ApocalypseHow: The Apprehension Engine is poised to create a class X-4 event which would render the entire universe inhospitable to any kind of life. |
9 | * ArchEnemy: Edie and Shem Shem Tsien, a rivalry that lasted over 70 years across many battles |
10 | ** Played less seriously with Joe Spork and the Parasite |
11 | -->''Joe Spork'' (after royally pwning the cat): "Primate. Tool user. Opposable thumbs." |
12 | * BrainUploading: [[spoiler: Shem Shem Tsien / The Recorded Man]] |
13 | * ButNotTooBi: Edie counts. She primarily focuses on the ladies - mostly Frankie, but sleeps with a couple men throughout as well. |
14 | * CanineCompanion: What Bastion the pug is to Edie, and it takes on a deeper meaning later. |
15 | * CatsAreMean: A stray cat (nicknamed the Parasite) who's taken residence in Joe Spork's warehouse, jumps onto his back and slides down claws extended quite frequently. |
16 | ** It also knocks things down a lot. |
17 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: Joe Spork and Polly: the Bold Receptionist. It takes him awhile to recognize her. |
18 | * CityOfSpies: When Edie was in Tehran, almost everyone was a spy pretending to be someone else. Eventually everyone got drunk and had a party. |
19 | * ClockPunk: The Angelmaker in particular, and amplified by the fact that the main character is a horologist. |
20 | * DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Joe's father lived his life this way, and Joe appreciates it himself by the end. However, neither one engages in wanton physical violence - it's mostly flashy robberies and other property crimes. |
21 | * DisguisedInDrag: Edie Banister dresses as Commander James Edward Banister for a mission for a good while in the book, and she looks quite convincing and attractive as well |
22 | * DistractedByMyOwnSexy: Edie with Commander Banister, she thinks it's a shame she can't sleep with herself |
23 | * DistractedByTheSexy: At Your Service for Edie, the banana she uses for her disguise does nothing to stop her from getting aroused |
24 | * DoomsDayDevice: The Angelmaker. |
25 | * EveryScarHasAStory: At the hospital after Edie is shot, she realizes where some of Frankie's came from. [[spoiler: They're scars from birth difficulties]] and Frankie tells her about them. |
26 | * FriendInTheBlackMarket: Literally almost everyone Joe Spork knows. Almost all of his father's aquaintances are there to help him out in a pitch, no matter how reluctant he is to ask. |
27 | * GadgeteerGenius: Frankie. She actually creates a DoomsDayDevice. |
28 | * AGodAmI: Shem Shem Tsien, as God's 'mirror'. |
29 | * GoodOldWays: [[spoiler: Joe Spork]] calls back retired criminals for help in one last job. |
30 | * GrewASpine: Joe Spork.[[spoiler: From a man okay with his life as a clockmaker away from crime, into a man who embodies the stereotypical mobster boss]] |
31 | * LondonGangster: [[spoiler: Joe Spork]]and Matthew/Mattieu Spork as the most prominent. They are both at one point the rulers of the Night Market. |
32 | * MarriedToTheJob: Joe Spork, who prior to the book and in the first few chapters, spends almost all his time in his warehouse working on clocks. |
33 | ** Hinted at when he jokes that his cat will ruin his future relationships, if he ever had any. |
34 | * MeaningfulName: Frankie Fossoyeur (somewhere in the book it's noted it's French for "undertaker"). |
35 | * MotorMouth: Almost every single character is at one point or the other. |
36 | * NeverMessWithGranny: Edie, she actually kills two guys quite easily. Tied in with the fact that she used to be an expert spy. |
37 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: You thought Edie was a nice old lady with a protective dog? Next scene she's calmly commiting murder. |
38 | * PlotThreads: The entire novel, alternating from past to present, from Joe to Edie, and having a huge amount of sections focusing on important and less important characters as well. They all connect in the end. |
39 | * RightNowMontage: When members of the old Night Market get the news that [[spoiler:Joe Spork]]'s putting a job together. |
40 | * RetiredBadass: Edie, a retired spy, at least for a little bit. She lives in a quaint house at the edge of the Night Market |
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