Jazz | List of Characters

Narrator—unnamed. Moves in and out of the story.

Violet Trace—The main character, a hairdresser. She has been married to Joe Trace for 20 years. She has trouble holding on to her husband and her sanity. When her husband shoots his lover, Violet is thrown out of the funeral for trying to disfigure the corpse’s face.

Joe Trace—A main character, the husband of Violet, a cosmetics salesman. He has named himself Trace because he can find no trace of his mother.

Dorcas Manfred—The 18-year-old girl that Joe falls in love with. She is being raised by her aunt...

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