Pages 52 through 64 Summary and Analysis

Scott was out of money. His wife had returned but was threatening to leave again. There was the promise of money from a New York publishing house. She wanted him to fly there and get an advance so the mortgage wouldn't be late - again. But they had no money for him to fly so he said he would hitchhike - 2,200 miles from Salt Lake to New York. He was too old for that but she left him off on the eastbound I-80 and he stuck his thumb out. When he was young, he thought hitchhiking was the only way to see America. In his time, he had hitchhiked with a wide variety of people. One young guy was a world-class surfer. They smoked pot together and the guy talked about the joys of taking acid. Another woman picked...