Chapter 9 Summary

Victor goes out dancing and talks to women, but he is very, very drunk. Victor passes out and heads home. Victor has insomnia and misses his white lover, because she had left him. When he wakes up in the morning, she is back. The woman had gone to a party the night before with cocaine at the party. Victor tries to go through his day being productive, but falls back on drinking.

Victor continues to drink and feels upset at the world for its difficulties and having to deal with the absence of his white woman. Victor feels that if he drank just one more beer then everything in his life would be better.

Chapter 9 Analysis

This chapter revolves around Victor's drunkenness in response to the loss of his most recent love. Victor explains that his mentality is that one more beer will...