R. Rhodes – New York literary agent Ruffe – casual friend of Lily’s and mine, French, from the early Hydra days Simon – translator and recluse, a Canadian Stanley – long-lost childhood friend, presumed dead Te s s – documentary filmmaker and friend based in New O r l e a n s Thor – my son, married to Talia Tinneka Eringa – Dutch lover living on a vineyard near the Pyrenees in Southern France
