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
Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 01:30AM in the Greek "Nicky."
"Hey, look who's calling me now."
"Nicky."
"Buttercup. Don't tell me."
"Nicky."
"Someone sounds relaxed."
"Nicky."
"Cupcake. That good?"
"Nicky."
"That's it. Next trip, I'm going with you."
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