Chapter 22 Summary

The narrator decides to speed up the pace of the novel by eliminating irrelevant details and tedious examinations of unrelated facts. The narrator notes that Kilgore couldn't have made the trip in the narrative timeline allotted, but fixing this error would be too complicated and thus it will be ignored. Suddenly Dwayne lurches to his feet and walks to Kilgore. He digs his chin into Kilgore's shoulder and demands that Kilgore deliver a message to him. Dwayne snatches Now It Can Be Told from Kilgore's table. In order to get Dwayne to step off, Kilgore states that the novel is in fact the message. Dwayne, an accomplished speed reader, takes the novel and begins to read.

Chapter 22 Analysis

The meeting between Kilgore and Dwayne, which was foretold on the first page of Chapter 1, finally takes place. In most ways the meeting itself is...