Summary

Pages 238 – 259: Instead of going gambling, Bruno goes to Kropotkin’s Sliders to work his first shift there. He wears the Halloween mask and noose provided by Stolarsky while learning from Plybon how to cook and serve the burgers. Plybon spouts anarchistic rhetoric while serving and informs Bruno that Stolarsky not only fired Beth, he evicted her and informed her dissertation committee at university of her theft. He also says that Stolarsky did not fire him as well because he sees an entertaining antagonist in Plybon. He soon leaves Bruno to manage the grill himself, and Madchen arrives, apparently pleased to discover that Bruno is here instead of gambling. The next day, Plybon and Beth recruit Bruno for a masked protest against Stolarsky, but the protest appears to gain little attention and accomplish nothing. Afterwards, Plybon tells Bruno that he saw Madchen get into...