Part 1, Unspoiled Monsters, pp. 12 - 45 Summary

This next section begins with Jones' comment that he has indeed moved to the sixth floor, but that any attempt to climb out the window would be pointless, as the building is jammed up next to the one beside it. He then goes on to describe the evolution of his relationship with Boatwright, how he attended several parties at Boatwright's apartment in the company of several real-world celebrities including writers William Faulkner and Norman Mailer, photographer Cecil Beaton, and actresses Marlena Dietrich and Greta Garbo). He also writes of encountering two people who eventually become key figures in his life (and who, in the company of so many recognizable real people, are clearly given pseudonyms such as Alice Lee Langman and Kate McCloud.

Jones then describes the evolution of his relationship with noted author Langman...