Mother Night Chapter 36 Summary

Everything but the Squeals…

  • Campbell is ticked—we mean majorly—about the illustrations. It ruins the work to have pics. It makes the writing not the writing. It's a travesty.
  • Wirtanen isn't moved.
  • Campbell shares a saying from the Chicago Stockyards that a use is found for every part of a pig, except for the squeal.
  • Except, Campbell argues, they've taken his squeal, too—his words are all a lie.
  • The bright side? Campbell is glad about Bodovskov. At least someone gets to live as an artist off his works.
  • Wirtanen: You mean lived. Bodovskov got tried and shot.
  • Campbell: For plagiarism?
  • Wirtanen: Nope—he was shot because he decided to write his own satire about the Red Army. Whoops.
  • Shifting gears now, Wirtanen says he wants Campbell out, because there's a raid planned for the newspaper building. Jones will be arrested, Resi deported, Kraft jailed, Keeley and Wilson set adrift, the younglings reprogrammed and sent home.
  • See, there's a plan for everyone.