Chapters 1-6, Bogart, The Thing Without a Name, George and the Pink House, His Chosen Calling, Man-Man, B. Wordsworth Summary

Chapter 1, Bogart: The author introduces a man named Bogart, who rarely talked and made his money by tailoring. He had a number of friends, including Hat, with whom he often spent his time. They all talked and made merry but Bogart rarely laughed, told stories or anything of the kind. Instead, he was the most boring person the author had ever known. One day Bogart simply up and left his house on Miguel Street and was gone for two months. No one knew where he had gone. When he returned, it eventually came out that he had gotten a job on a ship and had gone to...