Jon is a recent college graduate planning to follow his older girlfriend to Peru to work for an orphanage, and his story, starts the book. In the midst of his existential crisis, he meets Koko, an eccentric, sometimes almost feral young woman who ricochets from encounter to encounter, often leaving a trail of chaos in her wake. We are introduced to Faron as he seems to be her sidekick. At first Faron seems to be an unmotivated slacker. He lives and works with his family and doesn't seem to have any aspirations beyond playing video games and sometimes performing Kung Fu tricks as Koko's sidekick. But out all 3 characters he seems to have the most depth as we learn as a young boy he was fat and teased by other kids. He pushed himself to grow up strong and dangerous. He has a secret which is that he loves Broadway musicals, and his most treasured possession is a poster from the musical Wicked.