Minor Characters
John Cubitt
A big man with red hair and a slow, friendly air and a tendency toward sentimentality when he’s drunk, he leaves the gang when he discovers that Pinkie murdered Spicer.
Ted Dallow
Muscular and possessing of a broken nose and blank expression, Dallow is always ready to join Pinkie in a bit of violence or criminal activity. Dallow does feel for Rose, though. He draws the line at hurting her.
Mrs. Prewitt
A bitter woman who likes tinned salmon, Mrs. Prewitt is, in her husband’s estimation, a hag. Mr. Prewitt tells Pinkie that she has ruined him.
Police Inspector
A tired man worn down with care, he tries to talk Pinkie into leaving Brighton. He doesn’t want a mob war just as the peak tourist season is coming on. He wants peace.
Frank
The owner of the boarding house where Pinkie and his gang live, Frank is most known for his ironing prowess. His wife, Judy, is having an affair with Dallow behind his back.
Delia
Molly’s pale, skinny friend, she does little more than squeal every once in a while.
Clarence
A somber man who frequents Henekey’s bar and pines openly for Ida, Clarence eventually declares her a terrible woman.
Charlie Moyne
A drunken gambler, he meets Ida on her way to meet Molly Pink in the offices of Carter and Galloway. As Charles Hale’s face fades from Ida’s memory, it is gradually replaced by the bloodshot mug of Charlie Moyne.
Old Crowe
Old Crowe lives down the stairs from Ida and often joins in her Ouija board sessions.
Harry
A bar fly at Henekey’s, he flirts with Ida and is rejected by her.
Crab
A young criminal who was once run out of Brighton by Pinkie and his gang, Crab is now Colleoni’s right-hand man. A Jew, he dyes his hair red and has had his nose straightened in order to pass as a gentile.
Samuel
A young man who works for Jim Tate, handing out winnings at the race track.
Mr. Wilson
Rose’s father, Mr. Wilson is small, thin, elderly man with a face marked by suspicion. He refuses to allow Rose and Pinkie to be married. Both of Rose’s parents are given to black moods and show very little affection for their daughter.
Mrs. Wilson
Mrs. Wilson, Rose’s mother, is described as stupid and vindictive. Both of Rose’s parents are given to black moods and show very little affection for their daughter.
Annie Collins
A schoolmate of Pinkie’s, she killed herself by putting her head on the railway tracks when she was fifteen and pregnant with her second child.
Maisie
Maisie is Rose’s favorite co-worker at Snow’s café.
Doris
The senior waitress at Snow’s, Doris wears a habitual sneer.
Piker
Piker went to school with Pinkie and waits on him and Rose when they stop at his Peacehaven pub prior to fulfilling their suicide pact.
Tom
Ida's ex-husband. He desperately wants Ida back, and often writers her love letters.