Characters
- Peter, the protagonist. He is a short black man. He was named after his father. He works as an actor in theatre plays.
- Jules Weissman, a Jewish boy who finds the room in New York for the protagonist.
- Ida, a white girl of Irish descent, from Boston. She married a gay ballet dancer for money.
- the white couple on the subway
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