Book III, When the Sun Begins to Shine, Chapter 5 Summary

Avery Broussard: It is a Friday afternoon and Broussard is headed home to the apartment. Broussard and Suzanne are having a party and a barbecue. On the way home, Broussard stops to get a haircut and some red wine. Back at the apartment, Broussard finds a group of people enjoying themselves and drinking while Suzanne works the barbecue. Broussard and Suzanne seem to be the happy couple.

As usual, there is at least one person in the group that is obnoxious and troublesome. In this case, it is Wally. Wally is extremely drunk. Wally wants to talk to Broussard about literature even though he knows it is neither Broussard's passion nor his profession. In fact, Broussard knows little about literature, but Wally persists to the point of...