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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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Friday
06Jun

Tricky

"Don't you wish you went on vacation?"

"Jesus, Mell. What time is it over there?"

"It's like 6am. Why?"

"You pulling a Nicky all of a sudden? Don't you sleep?"

"What the hell is going on over there?"

"Jesus, Mell. Did you see oil?"

"The whole fucking world saw oil today. I could be in a fucking cave in Tora Bora, and I would have heard about the move."

"I told you, Mell. I don't like this market."

"And what are those frogs doing, anyway? Tricky's gonna raise rates next month?"

"I know, Mell. You can't trust the French with anything."

"He's totally fucking with my dollar trade."

"I'm sure that's not all he's fucking."

"Keep him away from Kate, that's for sure."

(silence)

"You know, captain, there's no way to translate 'fair play' into French."

(silence)

"Mell, I gotta tell you. Rogers said he's short Citi and Fannie."

"No shit, captain."

"He said all the financials go to eight dollars during a recession."

"Well, thank fucking God we're not in a recession."

"Ha, that's great Mell."

"I don't want to go out on a fucking limb here, but the Idiot Son might be the worst emperor since Nero."