Chapter 19 (pages 273-290) Summary

Henry and Kwang often have late night dinners and Henry notices that Kwang is not the same energetic optimistic man he used to be. Kwang looks older and tired. Kwang finally gives a news conference but it goes badly. He seems to lack the charisma he once had. In the estimation of people like Janice, the news conference is a disaster.

Reporters and others frequently ask how Eduardo, a volunteer and student, could afford an apartment with rent of $1000 per month. Henry thinks either the apartment was compensation for managing the ggeh or Eduardo was stealing from the ggeh. Henry checks the records and there is nothing to prove that Eduardo was stealing. As Henry works, he thinks that while his process of gathering information did not bring Kwang to his current situation, it will not help him either...