Part IV, Chapters 23-26 Summary

Part IV is called "Sleeping in the Needles." It begins with Chapter 23, entitled "Billy Rainbow." Jack is in New York City doing interviews for his latest movie. Emma calls him in the middle of an interview. She is upset about her weight and complains loudly to Jack. Jack tells her she should diet, and she angrily tells him she has taken good care of him in her will and hangs up. The woman interviewing him writes it all down.

Soon afterward, Jack is in his New York hotel, where he is registered under the name "Billy Rainbow." He gets a phone call early in the morning from his mother in Toronto, who tearfully tells him Emma has died. She tells him Emma went out to a nightclub and brought an apparently under-aged boy home with her. During...