Chapter 8 Summary

Wani has a house on Abington Road, which houses the Ogee office. Wani has staffed the office with Howard and Simon, described as good friends, and Melanie. Nick thought of the name Ogee for their new magazine as he lay in Wani's canopy bed after sex. Wani gives Nick a check for five thousand pounds because he says that he is tired of paying for him all of the time, but he tells Nick not to tell anyone. Nick meets a banker friend named Sam Zeman for lunch to discuss investing the money, which Sam does.

Nick has lunch with Wani at Lowndes Square, the home of Wani's parents, Bertrand and Monique Ouradi. He arrives quite hung over, and Bertrand greets him as Antoine's "aesthete." Martine is also there. Nick and Wani sneak upstairs to do cocaine.

Chapter 8 Analysis

Nick likes Wani's flat...