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Manhattan

This is the island of New York City where most of the characters live and where the major action takes place.

Westchester

This is a suburban county in New York, north of Manhattan, where Paul and Kathryn Hobbes met while living there with their families.

Spanish Harlem

This is a predominantly Latino neighborhood where Bianca and Agatson both live.

New Jersey Wharf

This area is across the river from Manhattan, where the friends go to drink after Agatson's death toward the end of the novel.

Long Island

This is an island in southeastern New York, just east of Manhattan. Gene Pasternak lives there with his mother, although he often spends nights at the apartments of friends in Manhattan.

The Go Hole

This is a nightclub in Manhattan frequented by members of the Beat Generation and by more conventional folk who want to see how the cool people...

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