Approximately ninety-nine and nine-tenths percent of the characters who inhabit King of the Corner are fictional creations intended to represent a tiny cross section of the population of the city of Detroit in our time. The remaining one-tenth of one percent are factual. Although their personalities and backgrounds are presented accurately, they have not been faced with the specific circumstances that occur in this story, and their reaction and behavior are pure speculation. This is what makes King of the Corner a work of fiction.