Summary

Part 1, Chapter 14 – It is July, 1978. Barrett’s father, Barrett Senior, meets with the police about the drug use going on in his son’s house. The police don’t want to hear it, as a written complaint against Barrett’s father exists over his harassing three girls at 1:00 a.m. on Pacific Street. Senior insists it is not good what is going on in the house, and that eventually, he and his son will come to blows if nothing is done. When Dylan begins school at Stuyvesant, he becomes friends with Gabriel Stern and Timothy Vandertooth, both friendly and nerdy kids. Gabe and Tim live on Roosevelt Island, while Dylan continues to come and go on Dean Street. Mingus begins to drink beer regularly and begins hanging out with Arthur often as Dylan’s time at Stuyvesant means he...