Part 10 - Chapters 34, 35, 36 and 37 Summary

Chapter 34 - Jon calls with news that the film has been canceled yet again. Firepower, he says, has completely run out of money. Hank takes refuge at the track, describing in narration (and at length) how he came to substitute gambling at the track for drinking, how he eventually started drinking AND gambling, and how he developed his various systems for winning, and how he came to mistrust those systems even when they worked. He then goes home, where for a short time he celebrates his quiet domestic routine with Sarah.

Chapter 35 - A while later, Jon calls to say the film is back on - Firepower, he tells Hank, has sold some assets and gotten a loan from some (possibly shady) investors. The next day, on set, Hank and Sarah are joined by respected and popular...