Characters
The main character that is struggling with their sexual identity
Who is David
David's fiancé
Who is Hella
Where David is living
Where is France
Where Giovanni met Guillaume
What is a cinema
What Giovanni “hypothesizes” Hella is doing in Spain
What is sleeping with Spanish men
The character traveling through Spain hoping to figure out their personal life
Who is Hella
The reason why Giovanni is home from work after David's affair with Sue
What is getting fired
Where Giovanni is from
Where is Italy
The name of David’s first gay relationship
Who is Joey
What the solider “sees” in David (according to him, of course)
What is envy/desire
The character who's vulnerability and affection both cause David to have feelings for and detest them
Who is Giovanni
The general message of the letter David receives from his father while in Paris
What is hurry up and come home/stop wasting money
The person owns the bar where Giovanni and David meet
Who is Guillaume
David’s age when his mother passed
What is five
How David speaks about his encounter with Sue when they’re back at her place
What is “a job necessary to do in an unforgettable manner”
The character David got with to represent societal norms of love and relationships, contrasting his feelings for Giovanni
Who is Sue
The place Giovanni is originally from and how long he has been living in Paris before he first met David
What is Italy/one month
The country Jacques was born in
Where is Belgium
Ellen’s relationship to David’s father
What is a sister
Why Giovanni doesn’t want to go back to Italy
What is thinking he doesn’t have a home there
The character who changed out of their perfumed nightgown and into a suit to throw Giovanni out of a bar
Who is Guillaume
The subject of an overheard argument from his childhood between his father and aunt that was recounted in chapter one.
What is David's father needs to quit coming home drunk as he is the only person with authority over David
The city David’s first sexual encounter was in
Where is Coney Island/Brooklyn
What David says he’s going to use the money from his father for
What is “escaping” Giovanni’s room
What David tells Hella he wants to do when she returns
What is have babies with her