Santa Fe Rules Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapters 1-5 Summary

Chapters 1-5 Summary

Wolf Willet is a movie producer who has worked with the same partner his entire career. Wolf has recently married his second wife, Julia, and spends his time between homes in Los Angeles and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

In chapter 1, Wolf wakes in Santa Fe with a terrible headache and feeling something like a hangover. Wolf goes downstairs to have breakfast. The dog tries repeatedly to make Wolf go into the guest wing of the house, but he refuses. Wolf recalls that he is supposed to be in Los Angeles that day and prepares to fly his private plane. Wolf thinks about the film he is going to Los Angeles to finish and his partnership with Jackson Tinney, a man he met while in the military and with whom he has been making wildly successful movies ever since. As Wolf is thinking about Jack, he begins to experience trouble...
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