Table of Contents
Author's Note xiii
Prologue 1
1 Unconscious Inheritance 7
2 The Cheerleader 15
3 Camp Fox 21
4 Numbcake 31
5 Chicken-All-Together 37
6 Fifteen Pounds 45
7 There's a Bomb in My Stomach 55
8 The Boy with the Dragon Tattoo 63
9 The Burglary 71
10 ON24 77
11 Fight Club 87
12 Sex in the City 93
13 Spiritual Counselor 101
14 Like Father, Like Son 107
15 Brand-Name Life 111
16 The Fulcrum 117
17 Remnants of an Accident 121
18 The Easy Confidence of Millionaires 125
19 Nurturing Love 133
20 Protector of the Stupid 139
21 The Least Cool Thing to Order at a Bar 147
22 The Ice Melteth 157
23 The Ephemeral Prison 163
24 Charleston 169
25 The Land of Ambition and Success 177
26 A Castle on a Cloud 187
27 A Handwritten Note 193
28 The Navy SEALs of Bond Trading 197
29 The Anniversary Presents 205
30 Sacred Creatures 211
31 Gatsby, Interrupted 217
32 The Mad Max Scenario 223
33 Fear, Love, and a Billion Dollars 231
34 Peter Luger's 239
35 Hear It in the Deep 251
36 The Bright Light of the Afternoon 257
Epilogue: Good-bye to All That 265
Acknowledgments 271