Part 3 - Chapters 8, 9, 10 and 11 Summary

Chapter 8 - Hank and Sarah meet with accountant Vin Marbad, who convincingly lists a number of ways (including buying a house and setting himself up as a corporation) Hank could save money. As Sarah supports Marbad, Hank worries in narration about "becoming what [he's] always hated". He decides to play along with Marbad, just for a joke, and the three of them (Hank, Sarah, Marbad), continue drinking, "celebrating something".

Chapter 9 - After Hank and Sarah's first attempt at house shopping is met with rejection and disdain from the young representative of Twenty Second Century Housing, they drive to another part of Hollywood to continue their search. They drive past a bar with the intriguing name of Apes Haven, go inside, and are met by a vacant-faced crowd of bikers who all, it seems, have read Hank's work...