Jack Burns - The protagonist, an aspiring actor and son of a church organist named William Burns. Jack's quest to find his absent father and understand his parents' relationship drives the plot. He was sexually abused as a child at an all-girls school where his father taught.

Alice Burns - Jack's mother, a tattoo artist in Toronto. She was rejected by William Burns before Jack was born, leaving her permanently damaged.

William Burns - Jack's father, a church organist addicted to being tattooed who abandoned Alice before Jack's birth. He looks exactly like Jack and people expect Jack to eventually resemble his father's personality.

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