A
favorable, good
auspicious
favorable, auspicious; indicating a good chance of success
propitious
Japanese-British author of this dystopian novel
Kazuo Ishiguro
author of the circular frame novel
Zora Neale Hurston
author of the polyphonic novel
Tommy Orange
venerable; also a month
august
antithesis of thorough
perfunctory
principal players
Kathy H., Tommy, Ruth
the mains
Janie Mae Crawford, Tea Cake (Vergible Woods), Joe (Jody) Starks
main characters
Tony Loneman, Opal Red Feather, Dene Oxendene, Jaquie Red Feather, Ocatavio Gomez...
assiduous
second to last
penultimate
foil characters
the guardians, Madame, Miss Lucy, Miss Emily, Rodney and Chrissie, Keffers
foils
Logan Killicks, Nanny, Alphabet, Mrs. Turner, Nunkie, Phoebe Watson, Nunkie, Hezekiah
foils
Harvey, Edwin, Blue, Orvil...
optimistic
auroral
stylish manner; flamboyant flair
panache
symbolic "houses"
Hailsham, the Cottages, Norfolk, Kingfield, the marshes, the Gallery, caring, the cliffside restaurant, possibles, each other
"houses"
the Washburns, Logan's, the store, Eatonville, the muck, dry land, muliebrity, the pear tree
"houses"
Alcatraz, Coliseum, a bathroom in Oklahoma City, the native community, numbers, $14.91
delicious
ambrosial
perspicacious
first line
"My name is Kathy H."
first line
"Ships at a a distance have every man's wish on board."
sings in the last sentence
birds; Tony