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Characters By Chapter
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Ry Smith
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CH   FIRST NAME   LAST NAME   DESCRIPTION
            PART I - NO CIRCLE ON THE CIRCLE LINE
1   Tom   Wrought   Oxford Fellow. Pulitzer Price Winner.
    Liz    Spencer   Tom's lover.
    Trevor   Spencer   Liz's husband. aka: Trev.
    Ifegenia       Italian au pair.
        Bennet   Chief Inspector, Scotland Yard.
    Sargeant   Watkins   Detective, Scotland Yard.
    Victor   Mishcon   London solicitor.
2           Bonhomie - cheerful friendliness.
    Alice   Silverstone   Solicitor. Has terminal cancer.
    Beatrice   Russell   Liz's personal assistant.
    Barbara   Wrought   Tom's wife.
            PART II - IDLES IN THE WANTON SUMMER AIR
3   Sir David L.   Keir   Master of the College.
    Olivia   Spencer   Trevor and Liz's child.
4           Androgynous - of indeterminate sex.
            Onomatopoeia - word formed based on sound of the word.
5   Keith   Spencer   Trevor's brother.
    Ian   Spencer   Spencer's child.
            Peignoir - woman's light dressing gown.
            Modus Vivendi - an agreement to peacefully coexist.
6   Bladen       Wrought's butler.
        Sandusky   FBI agent.
        Geary   FBI agent.
7   Philippe   D'Alembert   Frenchman in cafe'.
            PART III - TOO CLEVER BY HALF
8   Lindsay   Keir   College master.
        Pryce-Jones   Lt. Colonel in war. Now an editor at TLS.
    Michael   Foot   Tribune editor.
    Sir Isaiah   Berlin   Political Philosophy Professor. aka: Shaya.
    Mrs.   Selwyn   Liz's friend.
            PART IV - THE CONFESSIONS OF THOMAS WROUGHT
12   Morty   Sobell   Tom's school friend.
    Irving   Howe   Tom's communist acquaintance.
    Bayard   Rustin   Tom's friend. A black man.
    Julius   Rosenburg   Tom's communist friend.
    Richard   Wilson   Tom's (black) friend in the Army.
        Cullen   Tom's (black) friend in the Army.
    Major   Barker   Tom's commanding officer.
    Vincent   Folsom   Quartermaster in the Army.
13   Corporal   Manion   At Camp Claiborne, Louisiana.
    Captain   Smythe   At Camp Claiborne.
    Sergeant   Jenkins   Black man at Camp Claiborne.
14   Vito   Marcantonio   New York Congressman.
15   Taylor   Cole   OSS Station Chief in Stockholm.
    Risto   Paattinen   Tom's contact in Helsinki, Finland.
    Richard   Hofstadter   Columbia University history professor.
    Zludmilla       Escapee from Russia. KGB agent.
    Vladimer       Escapee from Russia.
    Boris       Escapee from Russia.
    Professor   Franklyn   Tom's friend. Howard University professor. A black man.
    Mordecai W.   Johnson   Howard University President.
            PART V - BRIXTON IN WINTER
17   Kim   Philby   British official and Russian spy.
    Mr.   Jencks   Works in Kroger's book store.
18   Thurgood   Marshall   Head NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
    Bayard   Rustin   Friend of Martin Luther King.
    Guy   Burgess   With British Embassy. Defected to Russia.
20   Alexandr S.   Feklisov   Russian spy.
    Roger   Hollis   Berlin's friend. MI5 official.
22   Bill   Daven   Beatrice's uncle.
            PART VI - PAYS DE BEARN
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