If the reader would decide to live in this crazy book for a magic spell, he’d have all those
of the living for company:
Rosalind Tess Mansfield and Dylan Albright, inseparable; Caroline, Francesco, Miles the villainous charmer, Justine from Britain, Tootsie, Juanita from Puerto Rico, Eustace, Norah,
Lutecia, Mister Cochran, Donut Joe, Camilla, Lyndon, Brian, Shinishi, Daniéle from Marseille, Bradley, Frances, Alyssa, Amos, Shania, Murdock, Cheetah the horse, Estelle,
Krysten, Guitar Jay Jay, Dr. Godfrey, Haji Halef, Asmaa the supreme, Amina the Trustworthy, Ayat, Miriam, Harry, Rose Lee, Christopher, Donald, Canadian Thelma, Patricia, Roger, Hannelore, Allister, Captain Ben Taman, Reverend Harris, Trevor, Giorgio, Webster, salesman Dick, Kamelya, Ebenezer, Monica, nurses Abigail and Amélie, wee Anaïs, Doctor Dewberry, Jason, Geronimo, Ahanu Ahiga, Aiyana the Eternal Blossom, Raymond, Anita, Max, Catori the Spirit, Elmer, Untermeyer, the impresario, Bruce, Bohdana prima ballerina, Alexander, Igor, Polly the dog, Krysten, Akna the Goddess of Fertility and Childbirth, Professor Gilmour, Rawiri, Bartholomew, Angelina, Aroha the Compassionate Love, Bill, Robert, Vanesse, Philippe, Jennifer lifeless temptress, Charlotte, Viola, Priscilla, Arthur, Abraham, Frederick, Margret, Helene, Sarah from Birmingham, Addie, Elizabeth, Richie, Doctor Richmond, Enola, laughing Ahanu, Cutesy Rose, Anastasia, Professor Dempsey, Aurelia, Xue Zhongming, Van, Constance, Bohuslava the God-glory, Miss Turlington, Peggy-Sue, Doctor Mailer, Priscilla Sue Albright, Buck and Rosemary the Brits, Sophia, Martin, Eric, Calvin, Alfonso from San Juan, Joey, Timothy, Roger, Pilar, Reginald, Buster ‘Stud’ the Hillbilly, Horace, Elmer, Amber half Māori, Richard, Dimitri, Sofia, Aleksei, Ekaterina the Ukranian ballerina; and Amelia of Saint Petersburg…