| | Cornelius | Webb | Frannie's student. |
| | Ernest | Hemingway | A famous writer. |
| | Virginia | Woolf | A famous writer. |
| | Frannie | | Narrator and Protagonist. |
| | Lothar | Wilker | The bartender. |
| | John Wayne | Gacy | A serial killer. Aka: Pogo The Clown. |
| | Henry | James | An American critic. |
| | Santos | Thorstin | A fashion photographer. Frannie's ex-husband. |
| | John | Graham | Frannie's friend. |
| | James | Malloy | A New York detective. Frannie's lover. |
| | Augustina | | Frannie's guardian. |
| | Richard | Rodriguez | Malloy's partner. Aka: Richie. |
| | Garcia | Lorca | A theatre director. |
| | Pauline | | Frannie's neighbor and friend. |
| | Farrington | | The mummy. A pimp. |
| | Miss | Theresa | One of Farrington's girls. |
| | Miss | Honey | Farrington's killer. |
| | Lonnie | | Rodriguez's wife. |
| | Dewanne | | A secretary. |
| | Curtis | | Frannie's ex-boyfriend. |
| | Mr. | Seldman | Frannie's neighbor. |
| | Jemima | | Frannie's aunt. |
| | Andrea | | John's crush. Frannie's student. |
| | Manny | | Andrea's boyfriend. |
| | Mr. | Reilly | Frannie's co-teacher. |
| | Mr. | Kaplan | The man that Pauline dated. |
| | Gavin | Bromelly | Gavin's wife. |
| | Janey | | The waitress. |
| | Angela | Sands | Murdered. An actress. |
| | Bozo | | Malloy's friend. |
| | Annette | | The girl who de-virginized Malloy. |
| | Mr. | Sweeney | The plumber. |
| | Kevin | Malloy | Malloy's son. |
| | Corelli | | The captain. |
| | Detective | Halloran | Malloy's colleague. |
| | Detective | Jurowitz | Malloy's colleague. |
| | Kevin | Daley | A former detective. |
| | Jerry | Farmer | A Robin Hood-like thief. Malloy's childhood neighbor. |
| | Buster | Kelly | Deceased. |
| | Robert | Chambers | A killer. |
| | Mrs. | Halle | John Gacy's steady customer. |
| | Jeremy | Boyd | John's co-clown. |
| | Angel | Vasquez | John's friend. |
| | Jennifer | Vasquez | Angel's ex-wife. |
| | Leonardo | Reynolds | The man Pauline falls in love with. |
| | Eugene | Onegin | The man that Pauline dated. |
| | Jennifer | Webb | Cornelius's sister. |
| | Dr. | Whyte | Pauline's new doctor. |
