Ted Fullilove

Ted Fillilove is the protagonist of this story and the son of Marty. Prior to the start of the novel. Ted earns his M.A. in English from Columbia College (this causes him to be quite pretentious about literature). Later, Ted's mother has died and he becomes rather estranged from his father. Ted aspires to be a novelist, but does has not gotten very far in his chosen profession.

In order to support himself, Ted becomes a peanut thrower at the Yankee baseball stadium. Here, he becomes a local celebrity known as Mr. Peanut. Eventually, he learns that his father has fallen ill due to lung cancer and reconnects with him. However, Ted is rather cold towards his father in response to the feeling of abandonment that was initiated when Ted's mother died and Marty became distant.This creates a rather significant amount of unresolved anger that...