Summary

In Chapter V the narrator informs the reader that nine years after his incident in Scranton, he would become rich through his dealings with a person named Riaz. The narrator describes being introduced to Riaz Rind, the founder of a Wall Street hedge fund, in 2012. A play that the narrator has written is generating buzz in New York. Riaz comes into a bootleg copy of the script. He contacts the theater and offers to pay exorbitant amounts of money for two tickets and a backstage visit. At the performance, the narrator meets Riaz backstage.

The narrator learns later that Emily, an actress in the play, had been invited by Riaz to his home on the evening that they all met. Emily’s description of Riaz’s opulent lifestyle and his luxurious residence inspires sexual desire in Julia, Emily’s friend who is also...