Chapter Six, Coma Baby Lives Summary

Instead of going home, as his co-workers advise him, the narrator wanders down to the magazine's library and speaks with Marianne, the librarian, who is amazed that he just wants to have a conversation. They talk about old movies and the history of the magazine. Marianne recalls the exact issue that included the first four-letter vulgarity.

The narrator then goes up to an empty office and calls his wife's modeling agency and asks if she is in town, identifying himself as a photographer interested in working with her. He finds out she is booked to do a show on Thursday later that week and then calls a friend at Vogue magazine to find out the location of the show.

Back in the Department of Factual Verification, he hides in the bathroom when he sees Clara...