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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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Wednesday
18Jun

Dialoguing

DateWednesday, June 18, 2008 at 12:39AM in

"When did you say he's coming back?"

"Ah, who may I ask is calling, please?"

"You know who this is."

"Oh, I see."

(silence)

"Well, you know, it is nearly one o'clock in the morning on the East..."

"It's about this so-called serial novel.  Serial novel.  Ha.  My teeth shiver just saying those words in connection to something as sordid as this. Vulgar and rude pornography, more like."

(silence)

"Well, he returns on Saturday..."

"No."

"Perhaps we could set up an appointment..."

"No."

"Yes, of course."

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