CHARACTERS
Main characters:
-Anthony- Ex alcoholic and at the end of the story a vegetarian who works as a copyeditor.
-Eric Foot- Anthony's friend who ate mushrooms and went into cardiac arrest at an outdoor concert.
-Marlin- Anthony’s cousin who flipped his car into oncoming traffic.
-Timmy Hughes ( Nicknamed Kiki)- Ginnie Foot's boyfriend who died.
-Betsey- Member of Alcoholics Anonymous. At 14 she was kicked out of her stepmother’s house and forced into prostitution.
-Ginnie Foot- Eric Foot’s sister and the girlfriend of Timmy Hughes.
Other characters:
-October (St johns):-A retarded girl on the boat.
-Merchant marine (member of Alcoholics Anonymous).
-An old friend of Anthony who lived with them in the same hotel.
-Two of the Christians from the concert.
-Betsey’s grandmother.
-A family for whom Anthony used to work.
-Anthony met a couple who helped him make electrolytes and taught him Gidong.
-Anthony took a trip with a few people to a cabin in the eastern Sierras.
-Another person was a man from the hotel who Betsey called Gumby.
Academic year 2008/2009
© a.r.e.a./Dr.Vicente Forés López
© Carolina Cody Aldaz
cacodyal@alumni.uv.es
Universitat de València Press