Chapter 5 Summary

Childan's supplier calls his own supplier, Wyndam-Matson, Frank's old boss. Wyndam-Matson knows right away who told Childan about the fakes and finds himself wondering what he should do. Wyndam-Matson could go to the police, but he decides it would cause him less trouble if he just pays off Frank and McCarthy. Wyndam-Matson hangs up and turns to his girlfriend, who overheard the whole thing. The girl wants to leave because she finds the whole situation unpleasant. On the way home, the girl tells Wyndam-Matson about a book called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy. The book is a fictionalized account of what the world would be like if the Allies had won the war. The book suggests what it might have been like if FDR had not been assassinated and if the Japanese had only gotten a few small boats at Pearl Harbor instead of...