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Grady Tripp

This character is the protagonist featured at the center of the novel Wonder Boys. This character is an English professor with a very complicated personal life. This character is both charming and incredibly inconsiderate, even to those closest to him.

Emily Tripp

This character is the wife of the novel's protagonist. Soon after the narrative begins, this character leaves the protagonist after she finds out that he has been engaged in a longtime affair with an acquaintance. This character is associated with the scent of Cristalle throughout the novel.

Terry Crabtree

This character has been friends with the novel's protagonist for 20 years. This character has also served as the protagonist's literary editor for 15 years.

James Leer

This character is a student in one of the protagonist's college English classes. This character is obsessed with Hollywood deaths and suicides, a quality that at one point leads him to...

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