THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt Characters By Chapter	EDITOR: Debbie Long
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CH FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION 1 Goldie (Burt) Oro Puerto Rican doorman at Theo's residence   Mr. Beeman Principal at the school, suspended Theo   Tom Cable Theo's schoolmate, was caught smoking   Theo (Puppy) Decker Narrator   Mo   Neighbor of Theo's mother, Ave. B   Davey Jo Pickering Booking Agent in Manhattan   Mathilde   Art Dir. Advertising Firm Mom worked   Pru   Mom's co-worker   Sergio   Owner of Advertising Agency   Egbert  van der Poel Artist painted destruction   Carel Fabritius Artist who died in the explosion, painted The Goldfinch   Pippa Blackwell Girl Theo saw at the museum   Alameda   Housekeeper of Theo's as a child   Cameron Geisler Registrar at the museum   Miyako Fujita Asst. Registrar at museum   Florens Klauner Dept. of Musical Instruments   Maurice Orabi-Rousser Islamic Art at the museum   Vittoria Gabetti Textiles at museum 2 Loretta   Theo's Dad's secretary   Cinzia   Theo's housekeeper   Audrey Decker Theo's Mom   Pareja   Worked with Theo's mother   Carlos   Doorman   Jose   Doorman   Grandpa Decker Theo's grandfather   Dorothy   Theo's step-grandmother   Marjorie Beth Weinboro Social Worker DCFS 3 Enrique   Social Worker visited Theo   Johntary Divens DFS kid   Keshawn Divens DFS kid   Andy Barbour Theo's prior elementary school friend   Samantha Barbour Andy's mother   Mr. Barbour Andy's father   Jed   Semi-famous actor   Kika   From East Village   Annette   Fireman's widow, old neighbor   Toddy Barbour Andy's younger daughter   Etta   Cook in Barbour house   Lindy Maisel Classmate of Theo   Mandy Quaife Classmate of Theo   Sam Weingarten Theo's lab partner   Billy Wagner Tom Cable's friend   Thad Randolph Tom Cable's friend   Isabella Cushing Popular classmate of Theo   Martina Lichtblau Popular classmate of Theo   Win Temple Theo's old enemy from fifth grade   Mr.  Neuspeil Theo's English teacher   Mrs. Swanson School counselor   Mr.  Borowsky Math teacher   Dave   Theo's psychiatrist   Irenka   Housekeeper Barbour house   Esperanza   Housekeeper Barbour house   Kellyn   Welsh nanny Barbour house   Ray   Police questioned Theo about the explosion   Morris   Police questioned Theo about the explosion   Sabine Ingersoll Dumb classmate   Betsy Ingersoll Sabine's mother   Molly Wallybeek Held a party Platt attended 4 James (Hobie) Hobart  Furniture repair shop owner   Welty Blackwell Hobie's business partner, Pippa's brother   Mark   Audrey's friend, ID's her body   Juliet   Pippa's mother, Welty's half-sister   Phil Lefkow Classmate of Andy's, Japanese class   Van der Pleyn   Andy's grandfather, dead   Cosmo   Pippa's dog   Margaret   Pippa's aunt, Welty's half-sister   Susie Delafield Margaret's mother   Uncle Henry   Andy's uncle   Aunt Tess   Andy's aunt   James  Villier Theo's classmate   Forrest Longstreet Theo's classmate     Cavanaugh Classmate of Theo   Mrs. Sheinkopf Art teacher   Mrs. DePeyster Lonely heiress Hobie visited   Hobie's mother   Died after 3 day  old sister born    Father  Keegan Jesuit father, hit Hobie's father for beating Hobie   Abner Mossbank Worked for Welty   Xandra   Theo's stepmother   Larry   Theo's father   Mickey Rourke Actor, worked with Larry   Aunt Bess   Audrey's aunt   Chance   Andy's dad 5 Marco  V. Doorman at Theo's apartment   The Playa   Lady down the street from Theo   Mrs. Spear English teacher   Dragon Ball Z Boy   Obnoxious boy with gel hair   Boris   Russian boy with long hair, a friend of Theo   Mick   Ran a bar and gas station   Judy   Mick's wife   Abdul Fataah Friend of Boris   Bami the Cook   Converted Boris to Islam   Badb  al-Dine Boris's Muslim name   Mrs. Skolnik Neighborhood Lady, New York   Mrs. Cho Lady at Korean Market, New York   Mrs.  Spear Teacher of Theo and Boris    Mr.  Pavlikovsky Boris's father   Jed   Audrey's friend in Vermont   Maks   Friend of Boris in Russia   Seryozha   Friend of Boris in Russia   Diego   Dealer Larry won money through 6 Kylie/Keiley/Kaylee Hutchins Girl Boris met (called her Kotku)   Hadley   Sits by Theo in class   Jan   Hadley's big sister   Gretche   Kylie's Weimaraner   Mike McNatt Kylie's boyfriend   Saffi Casperson Danish girl who likes Boris   Mr. Ostrow Librarian   Tyler Olowska Theo's classmate   Naaman (Bobo) Silver  Investment man at the front door   Eddie Riso Theo's classmate   Spiretskava   Mrs. Spear, English teacher, Boris's name for her   Mr. Bracegirdle In charge of Theo's college fund   Yurko   Baseball carrier at the door   Courtney   Xandra's best friend   Janet   Co-worker of Xandra   Stewart   Normal friend of Xandra   Lisa   Normal friend of Xandra   Sandra Jane Terrell Xandra's legal name   Katie Bearman Classmate of Theo   J.P.   Taxi driver took Theo to the bus station 7 Dr.  Camenzind Pippa's doctor   James Villiers Friend of Theo   Dorit Villiers Stabbed her boyfriend's hand with a knife   Lallie Foulkes Friend of Theo, went to school at LeRosey   Sam Ungerer Friend of Buckfield Boarding School   Moira Defrees Friend of Hobi, dealer in antiques   Richard Nunnally City police liaison with FBI Art Theft   Harold Amstiss Friend of Hobie   Martha   Harold Amstiss's  wife 8 Susanna   Theo's school counselor   Ruthie Lebowitz Theo's Cinema teacher   Mike   Hobie's moving and storage guys   Sean   Hobie's moving and storage guys   Patrick   Hobie's moving and storage guys   Little Frank   Hobie's moving and storage guys   Raviv   Hobie's moving and storage guys, Israeli   Avi   Hobie's moving and storage guys, Israeli   Grisha   Hobies moving and storage guys, Russian Jew   Lidiya   Grisha's cousin 9 Gaga   Platt's grandmother   Kitsy   Andy's little sister   Platt   Andy's big brother   Uncle Wendell   Andy's uncle   Ting a Ling   Mrs. Barbour's dog   Clementine   Mrs. Barbour's dog   Miyako   Andy's finance, Japanese   Maria Mecedes dela Pereyra Mrs. Barbour's friend   Joey   Tom Cable's sister   Martina Lichtblach Old girlfriend of Theo   Lucius Reeve Client wanted to sue for antique forgery   Jerome   Bike messenger/drug dealer     Vogels Clients of Hobie   Everett   Pippa's boyfriend   Kenneth   Doorman at Barbours   Mya   Jerome's girlfriend   Mrs. Hildesley Client of Antique Shop   Daisy Horsley Theo's friend (Carole Lombard lookalike)   Carmen Huidobro Housekeeper from Miami, dead   Turner Stark Spokesman DEA Press   Hofstede von Moltke Interpol   Barbara Guibbory Eccentric furniture shopper 10 Amadeo   Mr. Barbour's favorite waiter   Charles    Friend of Kitsey   Bette   Friend of Kitsey   Genka   Grisha's cousin   Race Goldfarb Friend of Kitsey, has the baby   Blaine   Race's baby son   Lauren   Race's wife   Katrina   Friend of Jerome's, dealer   Myriam   Friend of Boris   Astrid   Boris's wife   Lee   Friend of Boris with pool house   Amber   14-year-old Boris was with   Gyuri   Boris's driver   Vadim   Gyuri's brother, deceased   Fyodor   Generic name i.e. "Bro"   Zhanna   Generic name i.s., "Bro"   Cecelia   Popper's groomer   Dr.  McDermott Popper's vet   Tharp   Classmate of Theo   Scheffernan   Classmate of Theo   Horst   Friend of Miriam   Ulrika   Horst's girlfriend   Sascha   Horst's associate, Ulrika's brother   Candy   Cooking with Ulrika, nurse   Niall   Cooking with Ulrika, guard   Pieter Claesz Artist   Terry White  Fake name for a street criminal   Victor Cherry Friend of Boris   Francie   Kinsey's roommate   Emily   Kinsey's roommate   Bill   Emily's boyfriend, works at Citibank   Martin   Horst's acquaintance   Cynthia   Friend of Kitsey   Tessa Margolis Theo cheated with   Julie   Theo met outside the liquor store   Glenn  Gould Film Theo took Pippa to   Beta   Pippa's acquaintance with music   Dr. Camenzind   Pippa's doctor   Lee Ann   Frind of Pippa   Barbara Guibbory Motivational speaker   Anne de Larmessin Kinsey's godmother   Medora   Lady of society   Owen   Medora's brother   Havistock Irving Descendant of Washington Irving   Sloane Griscam Name Hobie knows Irving Tavistock as   Lucian  Race Partner with Griscam 11 Anatoly   Russian driver   Farruco Frantisek Name for Theo to use   Shirley Temple Young man with criminals   Martin   Criminal molested Boris and his friends   Frits   Criminal with Martin   Dima   Owns a parking garage in Amsterdam   Blake   Criminal   Grosdan   Criminal 12 Janet   Mrs. Barbour's assistant   Holly   Lady at the Netherlands consulate   Anton   Relative of Dima   Mrs.  DePeyster Hobie visited as a boy   Mindy   Theo's client in the Arts   Earl   Mindy's husband

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