Arphin is a rhesus monkey of the AB blood type. He enjoys windsurfing, sulking, silken tofu, revolutions, and being hoist by his own pet aardvark. In past lives, Arphin kidnapped Patty Hearst, the Lindbergh kid, and Napoleon. He owns a fine collection of Ukrainian merry-go-rounds and is a close friend of Boris Johnson, the corpulent British publicist.