Chapter 11, Success Summary and Analysis

Andy is accompanied by another B, and the two of them are people-watching in the lobby of the Grand Hotel in Rome. Andy has flown to Rome to attend a major celebrity event. He feels that Rome is becoming the new Hollywood because of its pull for celebrities. Andy is tired from the long flight and wishes that he could sleep in the lobby because the lobby of any hotel is always much nicer than the rooms. Andy would like to be in Europe every week, but does not like the idea of flying even though airports and airplanes are his favorite environments.

Andy and B are hosted by film director Franco Rossellini, who greets Andy and B in the hotel lobby. Franco is flustered when Andy requests a hotel room for a few more nights, and Franco rushes...