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
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 05:21PM in Sybil "Do you have time now, Syb?"
"Try this, Melancholy. Repeat after me. 'Hello, how are you? It's been a long time. Let me apologize for being a jerk.'"
"Please."
"'I'm so glad to hear you're doing well.'"
"Syb, please. You don't understand."
"No, Melancholy. I understand perfectly."
"You're pathetic."
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