Section 5, pg. 169 to 213 Summary

John Self goes to see Lorne Guyland in New York. When Fielding calls to tell him that, he says he is not spending enough money. Lorne wants to talk to John about his role in the movie, playing Gary, the father. John says Gary is based on Barry, his own father. The character of the son, Doug, is based on John himself. Lorne tells John that he thinks Gary is a very cultured man, and even gives John his reading list. John says the film will not work, since there is no reason to keep the heroin the characters plan to sell. The meeting ends with Lorne, naked, asking John if he has the body of an old man. At his hotel, John begins to worry about money. He talks to Martina Twain, and tells her he has not...