The Four Johns

Cast of Characters

MERVYN GRAY — A professorial Adonis — but even he doesn’t know where the body is buried

SUSAN HAZELWOOD — A mercurial, volatile, but unknown quantity in the professor’s equation of love and death

MARY HAZELWOOD — One of the busiest bodies on the campus, she had more Johns in her life than Polly Adler

 Mary’s Johns:

   John Boce — To this no-count accountant, “round numbers are always false,” but Mary’s well-rounded figure has him guessing

   John Thompson — Persuasive, hedonistic, and enterprising, a librarian who likes his assistants well stacked

   John Viviano — This fashion photographer’s shutterwork makes all the models swoon or shudder, but he’s got eyes for Mary

   John Pilgrim — A Beatnik of Distinction whose verse has lost its beat

HARRIET BRILL — A psyche-starved sexologist; her brains, unfortunately, are in her head

BRIDEY KELLY — When this retired teacher takes a fall, she brings the house down

PROFESSOR BURTON — Mervyn’s bête noire; an irascible old Airedale whose bite is worse than his bark

FRANK VIVIANO — This unattractive photographer is undoubtedly at his best in the darkroom: he helps develop a frame for his brother, John

VARELLA — A local-Expresso with a name like a lobbyist’s overcoat, she indulges in fast friendships and slow takes

MRS. THOMPSON — A surprise to everyone but her husband — who will cut a rug and the mustard, but not the lawn

RICHARD TAKAHASHI — His detection methods are as uncompromising as his butch haircut