Summary

In Part V, “Discreet Monsters,” Chapter 1, for a few months after the Referendum, “things were relatively calm” (253).

In Chapter 2, the world grew chaotic. G.G. knew “the time map of the new countries” would not last (255).

In Chapter 3, G.G. appointed two doctors to run the clinic (255). Following Gaustine’s disappearance, G.G. recovered his notebook. He marked Gaustine’s notes “with a ‘G.,’” and his own with “‘G.G.’” (256). Their handwriting “was indistinguishable” (256).

In Chapter 4, under Gaustine’s note about God, death, and memory, G.G. wrote about “the happened and the unhappened” (256).

In Chapter 5, Gaustine “started to become more real” than G.G. (256). The longer G.G. worked on his book, the more Gaustine controlled him. He wanted to control Gaustine, but could not. If he stopped writing, he lost his identity.

In Chapter 6, the radios played music “from past decades...