The Garden of Forking Paths Characters

Our protagonist is bitter and conflicted. A descendent of a wealthy and powerful Chinese family, he used to teach English in China. Now, however, he finds himself working for the Germans as a spy â...

Doc Albert gets involved in this twisted spy plot for one reason only – his name. And yet, as in all Borgesian tales, this coincidence comes to seem like a twist of fate. After all, what are the...

Ts'ui Pen is the great-grandfather of our protagonist, Yu Tsun. He is also, coincidentally, the subject of obsessive study of renowned Sinologist Dr. Stephen Albert. It stands to reason that when t...

We'd like to make fun of Captain Richard Madden's "long horseface," but we're too scared (4). The man is ruthless, unstoppable, and in Yu Tsun's words, "implacable" (2). That makes him terrifying....

Yu Tsun's boss is like a cross between Darth Vader – the figurehead of an evil empire – and Inspector Gadget's arch-nemesis, Dr. Claw – constantly hidden from view (except for that one arm th...