It's not just an ordinary elevator.
This is a novella about ordinary people who have the same traits and behavioral patterns that we have - but they are not us. (Thank God!):
Barton Bader - Health-care professional; large posterior; bald
Phil Brinker - Banker and part-time comedian; later goes insane
Henry Butterman - Main character; narrator; 46 years old
Carol Clune - Prostitute; mid-twenties
Carrie Faultenberg - Pop eyes; cadaverous face; withered body; large head; mostly comatose
Jimmy Flagstaff - Teenager who works in the mall; has a crush on Carol Clune, the prostitute
Mrs. Hortense - Rich, older lady; immense bosoms
Margaret Lars - Pre-cancerous mole; squat body
Maurice Percy - English schoolteacher; fastidious; has a neatly trimmed mustache
Flem Pickering - Upswept silver hair; large jowls; smoker; beer belly, dangling toothpick, nose full of wild hair
Max Waxwelp - Indie writer of horrible novels; large head
Zooey - Mrs. Hortense’s toy pet poodle; barks and farts, often at the same time
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