Small World List of characters
	Persse McGarrigle--lecturer at University College, Limerick Angelica Pabst--the bel inconnu, love of Persse's life (he thinks) Lily Pabst--Angelica's twin sister Morris Zapp--Professor, Euphoria State University Philip Swallow--Professor, Rummidge University Fulvia Morgana--Professor, University of Padua Michel Tardieu--Professor, Sorbonne, Paris Siegfried von Turpitz--Professor, Baden-Baden University Rudyard Parkinson--Professor, All Saints' College, Oxford Robin Dempsey--Professor, University of Darlington Sybil Maiden--Retired Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge Rodney Wainwright--Professor, University of North Queensland Arthur Kingfisher--Professor Emeritus, Columbia and Zurich			Ronald Frobisher--English novelist Felix Skinner-- Philip Swallow's publisher Hilary Swallow--Philip Swallow's wife Desiree Zapp (nee Byrd)--novelist; Morris Zapp's ex-wife Joy Simpson--Philip Swallow's once and present lover Song-Mi Lee--Arthur Kingfisher's companion Jacques Textel--Assistant Director General, UNESCO Akira Sakazaki--Ronald Frobisher's Japanese translator Cheryl Summerbee--British Airways check-in clerk Howard Ringbaum--former colleague of Zapp; now in Illinois Thelma Ringbaum--Howard's wife Akbil Borak--Professor in Ankara; Swallow's host Oya Borak--Akbil's wife Bernadette McGarrigle--Persse's disgraced cousin Milo O'Shea--Persse's uncle; Zapp's former landlord Rupert Sutcliffe--colleague of Swallow's at Rummidge Bob Busby--colleague of Swallow's at Rummidge Sy Gootblatt--former colleague of Zapp's at Euphoria; now at Penn Carlo--Italian revolutionary; one of Morris Zapp's kidnappers Motokazu Umeda-- Professor and colleague of Sakazaki Sam Singerman--Israeli professor; host of Jerusalem conference
Liam McCreedy--Persse's boss in Limerick Peter McGarrigle--Angelica's fiance Alice Kaufman--Desiree's literary agent Hermann Pabst--KLM executive; adopted father of the twins Sidney Maxwell-- American professor; Bernadette's lover Sandra Dix--seductive student of Swallow, Wainwright Josh Collins--colleague of Dempsey's at Darlington; computer expert ELIZA--talking computer program at Darlington Gloria--Felix Skinner's secretary Albert—Michel Tardieu’s lover Matthew Swallow--Philip's son Gerard Simpson--Joy Simpson's son Miranda Simpson--Joy Simpson's daughter by Philip Swallow Beverly Wainwright--Rodney Wainwright's wife Irma Frobisher--Ronald Frobisher's wife Ernesto Morgana--Fulvia Morgana's husband Janet Dempsey--Robin Dempsey's estranged wife John K. Simpson--Joy Simpson's late husband