1 | Joseph | Morelli | Stephanie's childhood friend and neighbor. Aka: Joe. |
| Old Man | Morelli | Joe's father. |
| Stephanie | Plum | Narrator and Protagonist. |
| Mary Lou | Molnar | Stephanie's best friend. |
| Paul | Simon | An American singer. |
| Lenny | Grubber | Stephanie's high school classmate. |
| Mrs. | Markowitz | Stephanie's next-door neighbor. |
| Grandma | Mazur | Stephanie's maternal grandmother. |
| Grandpa | Mazur | Stephanie's maternal grandfather. |
| Grandpa | Plum | Stephanie's paternal grandfather. |
| Joyce | Barndhardt | Mistress of Stephanie's father. |
| Loretta | Buzick | Stephanie's
acquaintance. |
| Ronald | Buzick | Loretta's son. A butcher. |
| E.E | Martin | Stephanie's boss. |
| Vincent | Plum | Stephanie's cousin. Aka: Vinnie. |
| Rex | | Stephanie's hamster. |
| Connie | Rossoli | Tina's mother. |
| Tina | Rossoli | Stephanie's former classmate. Connie's daughter. |
| Morty | Buyers | Vinnie's agent. |
2 | Mooch | Morelli | Joe's cousin. |
| Ricardo C. | Manoso | One of Vinnie's agents. Aka: Ranger. |
| Ziggy | Kulesza | The guy Joe murdered. |
| Carmen | Sanchez | The girl Joe was supposed to meet. |
| Benito | Ramirez | Ziggy's boss. A boxer. |
| Frank | Plum | Stephanie's father. |
| Mrs. | Morelli | Joe's mother. |
| Francie | | Stephanie's cousin. |
| Eddie | Gazarra | A Trenton Cop. |
4 | Valerie | Plum | Stephanie's sister. |
| Bernie | Kuntz | The guy Stephanie was supposed to date. |
| Helen | Plum | Stephanie's mother. |
| Maura | | The woman who works at the Hair Palace. |
| Sunny | | Stephanie's friend. |
| John | Kuzack | Carmen's neighbor. |
| Sal | | Owner of a butcher shop. |
5 | Clarence | Sampson | One of the criminals in Vinnie's wanted list. |
| Carl | Costanza | Stephanie's friend. |
6 | Gus | Dembrowski | The police in charge of the Kulesza Case. |
7 | Shirley | Gallo | Mooch's wife. |
| Jimmy | Alpha | Benito Ramirez's manager. |
| Dillon | Ruddick | Stephanie's friend. |
| Lula | | Carmen's friend. |
| Jackie | | Carmen's friend. |
8 | Lonnie | Dodd | An Auto thief. |
| Mrs. | Santiago | Carmen's neighbor. |
9 | Sophie | | Stephanie's aunt. |
10 | Dorsey | | The policeman in charge of Lulu's case. |
11 | Tommy | Clark | A boxer. Benito's opponent. |
12 | William | Earling | An Exhibitionist. |
13 | Louis | | A distributor in Philly. |