Please note that characters are added as they reveal themselves and become part of the story.
The Melancholy Korean is a former derivatives trader living in New York. He loves Dante, James Joyce and Flaubert. He has studied French, German, Japanese, Sanskrit, and Hebrew, but of these languages, he remembers only, "avez-vous un cendrier?" Yes, he smokes. No, he doesn't know Korean.
Leon Badges is a painter, illustrator, draftsman, and cartoonist.
Barbara, Felicity's Mother
Prune
Dr. Ken Coffin
Broker Bill and his wife Kate
Mumbai
Rev Hezekiah Bartholomew Smith
Marco
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 06:34PM in intermezzi "Please don't pout."
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"Are you going to be okay?"
(silence)
"Let's not fight in front of company."
(silence)
"Fine. If you're going to be immature about this, I think you should leave. Go to your study. Come back when you're ready to apologize to your guests and to me. This is embarrassing."
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