Summary

Chapter 9 begins with Russell on a fishing trip in the Bahamas with Kip Taylor, his chief investor. They discuss whether or not fishing is better than sex. They agree that sex is not the most important thing in life at their age. Russell tells Kip about the proposition he turned down in the first chapter. When Kip asks if the girl was someone from the office, Russell reveals that he has cheated on Corrine with someone from the office in the past.

Russell and Kip’s friendship began five years prior, though they knew each other at Brown. They bond over literature, because Kip, who is a hedge fund manager, always wondered what would have happened if he had pursued his passion for books. Kip helped Russell purchase the published house he worked for when it went up for sale not long after...