Kiki is African-American, while Howard is white and originally from England. Howard Belsey has printed out Jerome’s emails and is showing them to his wife, Kiki. Jerome is going to propose to her, and believes she will say yes he asks his parents to mail him, since his phone is now out of credit.Īfter this series of emails, shown only from Jerome’s point of view, the story shifts into current time in America, in Wellington. In the next, short email, Jerome says that the Kippses’ daughter Victoria, who was previously inter-railing in Europe, has just come home, and that she and Jerome have fallen in love. In the postscript section, Jerome responds to his father’s inquiry about whether or not Jerome is still a virgin, and the tone here is rather begrudging and irritated. Jerome seems to be emphasizing the positive aspects of the Kippses, and the negative aspects of the Belseys, such as a perceived lack of “logic” in the Belsey family. The next email details more of Jerome’s adventures and good times with the Kippses. The end of this email also reveals that Monty Kipps and Howard Belsey have some kind of feud over public debates and writings, and Jerome urges his father to forget this feud, which is just a waste of energy. Carlene has been helping Jerome pray, apparently something that is frowned upon in the Belsey household. Jerome has not only been working for Monty, but living with the Kippses as well, and has taken a strong liking to the wife, Carlene. Jerome’s first email details his office internship work, and this email also establishes that he and his father have some sort of problematic relationship.
Jerome is interning abroad in England, in the office of a man named Monty Kipps.
The story opens directly on a series of emails exchanged between a boy named Jerome Belsey, and his father Howard Belsey, who is evidently a professor at a university called Wellington.
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