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Duncan Trice shoots himself because of Cass Mastern's affair with his wife.
Chapter 4Cass Mastern's writings unsettle Jack; he quits school and enters his first Great Sleep.
Chapter 4Anne tells her brother, Adam, about the scandal, which convinces him to run the hospital for Willie.
Chapter 6Jack uses the Littlepaugh scandal to convince Judge Irwin to support Willie.
Chapter 8Having learned the judge killed himself, Jack's mother admits that the judge is Jack's father.
Chapter 8Tom is paralyzed by football injury; Willie reneges on a hospital contract and angers Tiny Duffy.
Chapter 9Adam learns of Anne's affair with Willie; he assassinates Willie and is killed.
Chapter 9Jack's mother admits her mistakes and love for the judge, which gives Jack peace of mind.
Chapter 10Jack reveals that he has married Anne and is writing about Cass Mastern.
Chapter 10| Section | Summary |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | The novel begins with an epigraph in Italian: Mentre che la speranza ha fior del verde. The verse, which comes from Cant... Read More |
| Chapter 2 | Jack Burden recalls a newspaper assignment he received many years ago, which involved checking out a bond issue about bu... Read More |
| Chapter 3 | While working for Willie during his first term as governor, Jack Burden visits his mother at home. His mother expresses ... Read More |
| Chapter 4 | Jack Burden remembers when he was a graduate student studying American history and living with two other graduate studen... Read More |
| Chapter 5 | Jack returns to the present-day story. After Willie threatens to dig up dirt on Judge Irwin, Jack and Willie drive from ... Read More |
| Chapter 6 | Jack recalls that before he went to see Miss Littlepaugh, Willie's son, Tom, had a car crash, but his father covered up ... Read More |
| Chapter 7 | After Jack Burden learns that Anne Stanton is having an affair with Willie, Jack drives to Long Beach, California, where... Read More |
| Chapter 8 | As Jack drives back East, he picks up a hitchhiker; the man has a facial twitch. This twitch is, to Jack, the perfect na... Read More |
| Chapter 9 | Willie meets with Jack Burden and asks him why Judge Irwin committed suicide if he wasn't scared by the scandal. Jack sa... Read More |
| Chapter 10 | After Willie's funeral Jack Burden goes to Burden's Landing to see Anne Stanton. A few days earlier Anne had attended Ad... Read More |
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