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THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM

by Victor Lavalle

Characters By Chapter

EDITOR:
Remy Hale

QUICK EDITION (QE)

CH	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	DESCRIPTION
1	Charles Thomas	Tester	Young Black street hustler and aspiring musician. Aka: Tommy Tester
	Otis	Tester	Charles Tester's father
	Willie	Smith	American saxophonist
	Ma	Att	Queens resident to whom Tommy delivers a book
	Buckeye		Tommy Tester's friend
	Madame	St. Clair	Numbers queen of Harlem; Buckeye's employer
2	Robert	Suydam	Wealthy, eccentric, and sinister white man
	Andrew	Jackson	Former U.S. president; appears on ten-dollar bills as "Old Hickory"
	Thomas	Malone	Irish-born New York police detective
3	George	Hurley	Buckeye's given name
	Trinidadian		Food cart operator in Harlem
	Irene	Tester	Otis Tester's wife
5	Ervin	Howard	Private detective
9	Julius	Caesar	Roman general, statesman, and dictator
	Augustus		Founder of the Roman Empire. Aka: Octavius
14	Black	Tom	Persona adopted by Charles "Tommy" Tester
15	Elizabeth		Child of Ma Att's neighbor
16	Theodore	Roosevelt	26th President of the United States
	Gorgo		Queen of Sparta; wife of Leonidas I
	Mormo		Mythical terrifying female spirit in Greek folklore
17	Mayor	Hylan	Mayor of New York City representing white political authority in the 1920s
	Patrick Joseph	Hayes	Archbishop of New York

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