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Eileen

This character works at a literary magazine in Dublin and often feels as if the character is failing, generally, in life.

Alice

This character is a young author of some acclaim and success who has recently suffered through a nervous breakdown.

Simon

This character, who practices the Catholic faith, works for a political group and finds it difficult to express emotions.

Felix

This character works in a warehouse and has experienced tumult recently, including the death of a mother and difficulties in family relationships.

Aidan

This character looms large over a main character's life as an ex-partner from a breakup that was painful.

Caroline

This minor character is loosely dating a main character who is significantly older than this character, and is the object of a different main character's jealousy.

Lola

This character gets married in the later part of the novel and is often quite harsh and...

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