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Dramatis Personae

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.

Felicity

Barbara, Felicity's Mother

Harry Best

Prune

Dr. Ken Coffin

Broker Bill and his wife Kate

Mumbai

Nicky, the Greek

Blue Stocking

Rev Hezekiah Bartholomew Smith

Kitty

Marco

The Critic

Sybil

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Tuesday
17Jun

Tug-of-War

DateTuesday, June 17, 2008 at 07:34AM in

"Robert fucking Novak? Are you kidding me?"

"I don't know, Mell. The article sounds convincing."

"The guy said in August that the Fed was on hold."

"Well..."

"Tell me when Grep Ip of the Journal has something to say about the Fed. Novak is a political hack."

"Come on, Mell."

"The Prince of fucking Darkness."

"The market's baked in like two hikes this year. That's a little bold, Mell."

"Whatever, captain. I have more faith in the US dollar than any fucking invention by the war criminal Nazis and the surrender monkeys."

"Jesus."

"Novak should stick to what he's good at. If he has another CIA agent to out, then I'll listen to him."


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