The Art of Fielding Chapter 22 Summary

How It All Goes Down

  • When Affenlight shows up at the hospital to put the moves on Owen in his hospital bed, he finds Owen's mom already there, totally killing the mood.
  • Mom invites Affenlight and his daughter out for dinner, and Affenlight agrees.
  • He brought a book of Whitman poems, and Owen recites half of one from memory. Affenlight wraps it up, stumbling over the phrase "manly love" (22.40) for obvious reasons.