A BOX OF MATCHES  by Nicholson Baker Characters By Chapter	EDITOR: Kristine Fabricante
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CH FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION 1 Robert Service Canadian poet.   Claire   Emmett's wife.   Emmett   Protagonist. 3 Phoebe   Emmett and Claire's daughter. 5 Rudyard Kipling Journalist and author.   Greta   Phoebe's duck. 6 William   A boy Claire had a thing for in college. 8 Henry   Emmett and Claire's son. 10 Waybe Thiebaud American artist/painter.   Lucy   The frail and funny woman living on Emmett's street. 11 Shiela   The town hairdresser. Likes cutting people's hair.   Ronnie (1)   Owns a barbershop.   Ronnie (2)   Ronnie (1)'s father. 12 Agatha Christie Mystery author.   Dick Francis Crime writer. 14 Merv Griffin The always cheerful and tanned host of The Merv Griffin Show. 16 Fidel   Emmett's former pet.   Sydney Smith Wrote the essay for Edinburgh Review in 1819.   Dick van Dyke Actor. 24 Juliet   The woman next door who runs the day-care center.   Michael Jackson Singer.   Roman Polanski French-Polish film director.   Erle Stanley Gardner American author.   Rod McKuen Poet. 27 Alex Trebek Jeopardy's host. 28 Richard Brinsley Local architect.

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