Summary

In Part IV, “Late Day Rainy Season” (189), Chapter 1, Young arrived at the Bangkok Park Hyatt Hotel to meet an older man named Habibi. The proprietor of the hotel recognized him from his earlier trip and asked about Gyu-ho.

When Gyu-ho and Young broke up, Young threw away Gyu-ho's mattress, which had been lying in the apartment next to his own. He also quit his job and found it difficult to get out of bed. Then, he went to Thailand to see Habibi, who he had met on Tinder in Seoul. He refers to Habibi as “A body in a suit” (195). On their date in Seoul, they had wandered into a protest, and Young translated the demonstrators' slogan for Habibi: “Get rid of old, evil practices” (197).

Young recalled arriving at the Bangkok Park Hyatt with Gyu-ho. The concierge invited them to a party on...