Danielle Minkoff -a 30 year old television producer for the documentary TV series The Monitor .
Marina Thwaite - the 30-year-old daughter of critic Murray Thwaite who signed a book deal out of college and is living at home after spending her advance without ever completing the book.
Julius Clarke - a 30 year old gay half white, half Vietnamese critic who writes for The Village Voice .
Bootie Tubb - a 19-year-old college drop out and the paternal cousin of Marina Thwaite.
Murray Thwaite - a 61 year old journalist, professor and author who is Marina revered father.
Ludovic Seeley - an Australian editor newly moved to New York City who is launching a literary magazine.
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