git diff eval/eval.go 
diff --git a/eval/eval.go b/eval/eval.go
index 1cae1b0..694b05d 100644
--- a/eval/eval.go
+++ b/eval/eval.go
@@ -98,10 +98,17 @@ func (ev *Eval) atom(token string) primitive.Primitive {
        case "nil":
                return primitive.Nil{}
        }
+
+       // string
        if token[0] == '"' {
                return primitive.String(strings.ReplaceAll(strings.Trim(token, `"`), `\"`, `"`))
        }
 
+       // character literal
+       if strings.HasPrefix(token,"#\\") {
+               return primitive.String( token[2:] )
+       }
+
        // if it isn't a number then it is a symbol
        f, err := strconv.ParseFloat(token, 64)
        if err == nil {