Wherein I read all of Chapter One and parts of Chapter Two of the "largely unedited" Nothing Better To Do. These two chapters, however, have been worked over pretty good and probably contain some of the best writing in the novel.
And so the adventure begins: Harry is leaving New York for Ohio, meanwhile in Serena, Ohio, Phil Rowley and Marvin "House of Pain" Payne are headed for an epiphany at the Blue Moon Tavern.
If you don't like this stuff, no need to read any further...