I Know This Much is True Chapter 38 Summary

How It All Goes Down

  • Back in the present, it's all stormy and, horror of horrors, the TV is out.
  • With no boob tube to space out to, Dominick spends a few pages wallowing in hatred and self-pity: stupid grandpa; stupid white people taking away Indian lands; stupid cops beating Rodney King.
  • A phone call interrupts his quiet rage. It's Ralph Drinkwater.
  • He says that what he's about to tell Dominick is a secret, and he can't ever mention Ralph's name.
  • Then he drops a bomb: He tells Dominick to get Thomas tested for HIV.