Principal Characters
Ch’en Ta Erh, a Chinese terrorist.
Kyo Gisors, half French and half Japanese, one of the organizers of the Shanghai insurrection.
Old Gisors, Kyo’s father, one-time Professor of Sociology at the University of Peking.
May Gisors, Kyo’s wife.
Baron de Clappique, a Frenchman, a dealer in antiques, opium and smuggled wares.
Katov, a Russian, one of the organizers of the insurrection.
Hemmelrich, a German, a phonograph-dealer.
Lu Yu Hsüan, his panner.
Kama, a Japanese painter, Old Gisors’ brother-in-law.
Ferral, President of the French Chamber of Commerce and head of the Franco-Asiatic Consortium.
Valerie, Ferral’s mistress.
Martial, Chief of the Shanghai Police.
Konig, Chief of Chiang Kai-shek’s Police.
Vologin, Possoz, Communist officials at Hankow.
Pei, Suan, young Chinese terrorists.
