Ballad of the Flexible Bullet, The

Characters List:

Character Name Description

Marsha		 

Paul's agent's wife.


Meg		 

Wife of Paul


Paul		 

Writer and husband of Meg


Baker, Jared		 

Assistant fiction editor at Esquire Magazine


Bellis		 

Henry Wilson's Fornit


Bellis, Miss		 

Maiden name of Henry Wilson's mother


Dohegan, Jim		 

Boss of Henry Wilson at Logan's Magazine


Hagen, Tim		 

Writer


Jackson, Shirley		 

Wrote "The Lottery"


Lindsay, John		 

On the cover of Logan's magazine


Lockridge, Ross		 

Mentioned in passing


Moore, Marianne		 

Coined the phrase "Flexible Bullet"


Morrison, Janey		 

Jim Dohegan's secretary


Plath, Sylvia		 

Writer


Rackne		 

The fornit in Reg Thorp's typewriter. Brother of Bellis


Rivers, Andy		 

Editor of fiction for American Crossings magazine


Rulin, Gertrude		 

Black woman hired by Thorpe to help clean the house


Rulin, Jimmy		 

Son of Gertrude. Shot the Fornit in Reg's typewriter


Rulin, Mr.		 

Husband of Gertrude


Sexton, Anne		 

Writer


Strong, Mert		 

Worked in Logan's publicity office


Thorpe, Jane		 

Wife of Reg


Thorpe, Reg		 

The writer that is slowly going insane.


Updike, John		 

Writer


Vadar, Sam		 

On the board of directors for Logan's magazine


Wilson, Henry		 

Editor of fiction for Logan's magazine.


Wilson, Mrs.		 

Mother of Henry


Younger, Kate		 

Worked in Logan's ad department