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Roy (Jr.)

This character is one of three first-person narrators in An American Marriage. He is from Eloe, Louisiana. When he and his wife travel to his hometown to visit his parents, he is falsely accused of raping a woman at the same hotel and is sentenced to 12 years in state prison.

Celestial

This character is one of three narrators in An American Marriage. She is from a wealthy family in Atlanta, Georgia, and is an ambitious and well-educated folk artist.

Andre

This character is one of three narrators in the novel. He has harbored a secret love for his best friend all of his life and when her husband is falsely convicted of rape, he eventually begins an affair with her and asks her to marry him.

Big Roy

This character is a devoted father and husband, despite the fact that his only son who shares his name...

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