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Fanny Lynch

This character is the narrator of the novel. Her mother commits suicide when she is 10. She has trouble staying in one place, which negatively affects her marriage to an ornithology professor.

Niall Lynch

This character is a professor of ornithology. He meets a university employee when she sits in on one of his classes. He proposes that they marry after they have known each other a short time.

Ennis Malone

This character is the captain of the Saghani.

Basil Leese

This character is a crew member and the cook on the Saghani.

Léa

This character is the only female member of the crew until the narrator joins them.

John Torpey

This character is the narrator’s maternal grandfather.

Iris Stone

This character hangs herself when her 10-year-old daughter disappears for a few days.

Dominic Stewart

This character’s wife is pregnant when he is sent to...

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