# Billy Sanderlee — Not Without Laughter character guide

> Billy Sanderlee in Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bill

**First appearance:** 0016-xvii-barbershop

## Who they are

A boy who works with Sandy at the barbershop.

## In the story

### [Princess of the Blues](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/not_without_laughter_se/chapters/xxx-princess-of-the-blues)

Harriett's piano player, drinks gin backstage, discusses numbers betting with Sandy, and is described as having avoided the draft due to liquor.

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