Handling Sin: A Novel Chapter Summary & Analysis - Part 2, The Quest: Chapters 20-22, The Great Adventure of the Bass Fiddle Case; In Which Is Described the Famous Barbecue Summary

Part 2, The Quest: Chapters 20-22, The Great Adventure of the Bass Fiddle Case; In Which Is Described the Famous Barbecue Summary

In Chapter 20, Raleigh, Mingo and Gates go to see a tent revival meeting in which Simon "Weeper" Berg plays bass. He has been let out of prison for the revival meeting along with several other inmates. During the meeting, the inmates attempt to escape, and Weeper finds Gates, whom he knows from when Gates was in prison. Weeper hides in his bass fiddle case, which the others put into the trunk of the Cadillac and make a get-away. The other inmates are soon rounded up and put away, but the news media reports that Weeper, armed and dangerous, is still missing. They take a motel in Midway where Gates wants to see his mother, Roxanne, in the hospital.

In Chapter 21, all four men try to leave town, but the drug cartel has identified them by Gates' Harley at the motel. The cartel...
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