Chapters 16 through 18 Summary

In Chapter Sixteen, John says he makes eleven westerns between 1940 and 1943, and that all but one is less than an hour in length. Eddie has money to fund the projects though John says he doesn't know how Eddie became wealthy again. Monika and John divorce peacefully and John discovers that Faithfull had been the cause of his visa problems. John encounters Alex Mavrocordato who is down on his luck and broke. John and Mavrocordato talk and John discovers Doon hadn't gone with Mavrocordato as he'd always believed. John makes a film about Billy the Kid from the memories of a man who knew the legendary man. John realizes Billy the Kid wasn't the hero he'd been made out to be and the film reflects that.

John learns that Doon is living in Montezuma, Arizona, and heads there as soon as he...