Tin Men
Tin MenMichael Frayn
Characters in Tin Men
2 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Goldwasser
A brilliant, obsessive researcher at the William Morris Institute for Automation Research who invents UHL (Unit Headline Language) to automate newspaper headlines and becomes convinced he is outsmarting his colleague.
Supporting characters
Nunn
The institute's security officer, a man obsessed with sports statistics and the 24-hour clock who constantly confuses himself with his own elaborate codes and suspects Goldwasser of something sinister.