| DESOLATION ANGELS (Coward-McCann, 1965) Book One: Desolation Angels (102 chapters) written 1956 Book Two: Passing Through (84 chapters) written 1961 | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Andy | Andy Wilcox | |
| Angie | Gabrielle Kerouac | |
| Billy Artaud | Bob Rondeau | |
| Alex Aums | Alan Watts | |
| John Banks | Paul Lund | |
| Chuck Berman | Bob Kaufman | |
| The Black Bastard | El Negro | |
| Blacky Blake | Blackie Burns | |
| Deni Bleu | Henri Cru | |
| Slim Buckle | Al Hinkle | |
| Lord Richard Buckley | Lord Richard Buckley | |
| Maggie Cassidy | Mary Carney | |
| Uncle Christophe | Alexis Harpin | |
| Aunt Clementine | Leontine Kerouac | |
| Pauline Cole | Margaret Coffey | |
| Eddy Corporal | Teddy Sargent | |
| Bob Cream | Bob Steen | |
| David D'Angeli | Philip Lamantia | |
| Baby Damlette | Connie Sublette | |
| Mal Damlette | Al Sublette | |
| Lazarus Darlovsky | Lafcadio Orlovsky | |
| Simon Darlovsky | Peter Orlovsky | |
| Tony Darlovsky | Nicki Orlovsky | |
| Richard De Chili | Peter du Peru | |
| Geoffrey Donald | Robert Duncan | |
| Bob/Rob Donnelly | Bob Donlin | |
| Jack Duluoz | Jack Kerouac | |
| John Ehrman | Robert Harrison Irrgang | |
| Emil | Leo Kerouac | |
| Ruth Erickson | Helen Elliott | |
| Estella | Adele Morales | |
| June Evans | Joan Vollmer Adams | |
| Ben Fagan | Philip Whalen | |
| Alex Fairbrother | John Montgomery | |
| Tim Fawcett | Jim Crayon | |
| Bull Gaines | William Garver | |
| Harry Garden | Louis Ginsberg | |
| Irwin Garden | Allen Ginsberg | |
| Leonard Garden | Eugene Ginsberg | |
| Rebecca Garden | Naomi Ginsberg | |
| Marty Gehrke | Marty Gohlke | |
| Dizzy Gillespie | Dizzy Gillespie | |
| G.J. | George J. Apostolos | |
| Gregory (real name used in error) | Gregory Corso | |
| Henry Hartzjohn | John Hohnsbeen | |
| Ruth Heaper | Helen Weaver | |
| Bull Hubbard | William S. Burroughs | |
| Huck | Herbert Huncke | |
| Aunt Jeanne (of Lynn) | Marie Harpin | |
| Joanna | Luanne Henderson | |
| Josephine | Dusty Moreland | |
| Rose Wise Lazuli | Ruth Witt-Diamant | |
| Chin Lee | Wing Dong | |
| Guy Levesque | Robert Lavigne | |
| Lionel | Seymour Wyse | |
| Barbara Lipp | Elise Cowen | |
| Ezra Love | Ethan Carr | |
| Gareth Love | Caleb Carr | |
| Julien Love | Lucien Carr | |
| Peter Love | Simon Carr | |
| Jimmy Low | Charley Mew | |
| Lil Luke | Paul Blake, Jr | |
| Harvey Marker | Norman Mailer | |
| Tim McCaffrey | ? | |
| Patrick McLear | Michael McClure | |
| Eva McLoch | Valery McCorkle | |
| Kevin McLoch | Locke McCorkle | |
| Maya McLoch | Sita McCorkle | |
| Jack Minger | Jack Minger | |
| Irwin Minko | Allan Temko | |
| Thelonious Monk | Thelonious Monk | |
| Brue Moore | "Brew" Moore | |
| Paul Muhlenberg | Claude Dalenberg | |
| "my English agent" | Cyrus Brooks | |
| Alise Nabokov | Denise Levertov | |
| Alyce Newman | Joyce Glassman | |
| Cousin No�l | Raoul Harpin | |
| Norman | Joel | |
| Mrs. O'Toole | Mrs. Moran | |
| Brucie Palmer | Bruce Parker | |
| Tommy Palmer | Tom Parker | |
| Charlie Parker | Charlie Parker | |
| Penny | Susie | |
| Cody Pomeray | Neal Cassady | |
| Emily Pomeray | Cathy Cassady | |
| Evelyn Pomeray | Carolyn Cassady | |
| Gaby Pomeray | Jami Cassady | |
| Timmy Pomeray | John Allen Cassady | |
| Joe Portman | Bill Ullman | |
| Psyche | Neuri | |
| Rainey | Robert Creeley | |
| Merrill Randall | James Merrill | |
| Varnum Random | Randall Jarrell | |
| Gerard Rose | Anton Rosenberg | |
| Rosemarie | Natalie Jackson | |
| Carl Sandburg | Carl Sandburg | |
| Joe Scribner | Bill Luce | |
| Bill Slivovitz | Bernie Hieronowitz | |
| Sonya | Nicole | |
| Ronnie Taker | Ronnie | |
| Lennie Tristano | Lennie Tristano | |
| Tristessa | Esperanza Villanueva Tercerero | |
| Raphael Urso | Gregory Corso | |
| Gia Valencia | Gui de Angulo | |
| Phillip Vaughan | Richard Howard | |
| Vanessa "Nessa" Von Salzburg | Francesca "Cessa" Von Hartz Carr | |
| Steve Wadkovsky | ? | |
| Jarry Wagner | Gary Snyder | |
| Dave Wain | Lew Welch | |
| Madeleine Watson | Marian Holmes | |
| Bernice Whalen | Louise Bogan | |
| Yvette | Mimi | |
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