Dramatis Personae
LP (Little Paul): a thirty-year-old Roman Catholic priest
Uncle Paolo: LP’s beloved uncle and father
figure
Aunt Ida: LP’s aunt, Paolo’s wife
Louise: LP’s disturbed cousin, Paolo and Ida’s
adopted daughter
Paulie: Louise’s illegitimate son
The Indian: Louise’s lover, a vagrant
Vinny (Pa): LP’s estranged father, Paolo’s
brother
Rosaria (Ma): LP’s mother, Vinny’s
wife
Uncle Tony: LP’s uncle, Paolo and Vinny’s
brother
Aunt Stella: Tony’s kept wife
Nana: Paolo, Vinny, and Tony’s mother; LP’s
grandmother
Giuseppe: LP’s brother
Maria, Annette, Regina: LP’s
sisters
The Bishop: The Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese
of Western New York, LP’s superior
Jimmy: Regina’s husband, LP’s brother-in-law
Angelo: The Bossman
Fred: Annette’s secret lover
Slim: The loyal farmhand
Father O’Mallory: A Roman Catholic priest, LP’s
mentor and friend
Shirley: Maria’s friend and roommate
Uncle Sammy: LP’s uncle, owner of Ontario
Market
Aunt Loretta: Sammy’s wife
Uncle August: LP’s uncle, Sammy’s brother,
a college professor
Uncle Alfred: LP’s uncle, a drunk and a leech
Helena: A beautiful young woman in her mid-twenties,
LP’s
love interest
Josephine: Helena’s mother
Annie Mae: A Negress and midwife
Donovan Green: An estate attorney
Lou & Butch: Agway workers
Joe & Frank: Mechanics at Marrone’s Garage
Mrs. Mortimer, Old Farmer
Cochran, & Mrs. Polinski: Churchgoers
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