Characters from Perdido Street Station

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin - This character is a research biologist who passionately collects a myriad of winged creatures, both animals and insects, for a study of flight.

Lin - This character is an insectoid artist who makes paintings by ingesting wild color berries of different hues, and collecting the fluid that is then excreted behind her chitinous head to use as paint.

Yagharek - This character is the avian-human Garuda creature that lost its wings due to crime.

Mr. Motley - This character is the insect-human creature who deals in dreamshit, has...
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