Part Two - In the City, Chapter Nine Summary

Karim, Eva, and Haroon move into a squalid little flat in London. Haroon hates it but Eva sees possibilities. Karim enjoys exploring at first, but finds the city overwhelming and falls into depression. Charlie returns, equally depressed. Karim and Charlie go to hear a band play. It is a punk rock band, a new kind of music, and they have never seen anything like it before. They are mesmerized by the passion and anger of the group. Charlie is inspired by the possibilities of this new form of music and disappears with some fans of the band, abandoning Karim.

Eva again enlists Karim and Ted to remodel the flat, but first she throws a housewarming party. The party is full of artists and theater professionals, friends of Shadwell. Jamila...