No R, sorry. Another hint: The author has a weird consonant thing going in his own name as well, albeit a much smaller one...
Code:
A character from a British novel.
_ B C D _ F G H _ J K L M N _ P Q _ _ _ _ V _ _ _ Z
S T _ _ _ _ X
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| / |
|/ O
| /|\
| |
| / \
/|\
/ | \
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