CHARACTERS
● Anthony: is the main character and the
same time the narrator of the story. He is an ex alcoholic and became a
vegetarian. At the end he bought a house in
● Betsey: one of
the Anthony’s girlfriends. Her stepmother forced to her to turn tricks at 14. she went to Alcoholic Anonymous and met Anthony. They fall
in love and lived together until that she accepted her grandmother’s offer in a
nursery school so she left Anthony.
● Ginnie Foot:
Eric Foot’s sister. She was Timmy’s girlfriend and later the Anthony’s
girlfriend but she broke off with him.
● Timmy Hughes:
also called Kiki, incapable of spite or sarcasm. He died in a traffic accident
and he wanted to get married with Gennie because in
the moment of the accident he had an engagement ring for her.
● Eric Foot:
Anthony’s friend and Ginnie’s bother. He had a cardiac arrest at an outdoor
concert while he was eaten a handful of mushrooms.
● Marlin:
Anthony’s cousin who flipped his car into oncoming traffic.
Academic year 2008/2009
© a.r.e.a./Dr.Vicente Forés López
© Mónica Panadero Sayas
mopasa@alumni.uv.es
Universitat de València Press