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Author

This character is the unnamed writer and single Black man who is the first-person narrator in the book.

The Kid

This character is a young Black boy who often appears to the first-person narrator, and who seems to be the ghost of a boy killed by a cop.

Sharon

This character is an agent and publicist.

Kelly

This character is a funeral director.

Soot

This character is a young Black boy whose story is traced in the third-person narration. He has a very active imagination.

Author's Mother

This character has a son and she has a stroke on Mother’s Day.

Author's Father

This character likes to watch old movies with his son and he works in a sawmill.

William

This character is a husband and father who is killed in his front yard by a cop when he comes home from jogging.

Daddy Henry

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