Chapter Nine Summary

Psycho Loco arranges a marriage for Gunnar and purchases the bride. The wedding takes place on the front lawn of Gunnar's mother's house as soon as the bride arrives and is signed for. The UPS driver performs the ceremony.

Betty and Veronica crash the wedding and say that Gunnar belongs to them. They square off against Yoshiko, Gunnar's wife, but Yoshiko's calm politeness wins them over.

The family holds a reception in the backyard and then Gunnar's mother lends him the car so he can go on a honeymoon. He and Yoshiko go first to an amusement park and then the beach.

Chapter Nine Analysis

Once again the narration takes a turn for the outlandish and perhaps the surreal. The reader cannot possibly believe that UPS sends a woman to Gunnar's house and that the delivery truck driver performs the wedding...