Summary

Chapter 16 opens with an image of Truman sitting and reading the newspaper, a favorite pastime. He owes his success, in a way, to the newspaper, as it first gave him the inspiration to write about the murders behind his novel In Cold Blood. Flipping through the pages and remembering about when he used to read the paper for his cousin Sook, he comes across Babe’s obituary. He is in denial until he reads about it in the rest of the papers.

Truman calls Bill to find out about the memorial service. Bill’s secretary is quick to deny Truman any information to which he responds with a whirlwind of insults. The others also will not help him. C.Z. has tried many times to get Babe talking to Truman again. Truman insists to C.Z. that it is Bill and Slim who...