Chapters 8 through 10 (pages 122-159) Summary

A week after the location scouting with Janice and Eduardo, Henry meets John Kwang. Everyone's attention focuses on Kwang. Henry thinks how youthful Kwang looks and how this contrasts with the way he will look after his political career is ruined. Kwang is always impeccably dressed and Henry thinks how his own father would have admired Kwang.

Henry thinks how originally the assignment called for only a surface examination and not deep investigation into the character or actions of Kwang. Yet, Henry soon discovers something unexpected, something that will occupy his thoughts for the rest of his life.

In Chapter 9, the people on Kwang's staff have been taught a few words of Korean because of the large numbers of Korean visitors to Kwang's office. To help ensure that the staff members do not say their few Korean...