The Hurst -- A patriot for us -- Mother and son -- "Every day is mother's day to me" -- Father and son -- The naked Christ -- Why Ozzy was expelled from school -- The first father figure -- The apprentice actor in search of a home -- What is truth and what is fable? -- Aunt Edna's knitting needles -- The apprentice playwright in search of an audience -- First love, first marriage -- First divorce -- A subject of scandal and concern -- The father reclaims the son -- Proceed to Texas -- Critics -- Context is all -- Three prize victims -- Success -- A typical night on Montana Street -- Take my wife...puhleeze! -- Good, brave causes -- Damn you, England -- "The biggest floperoo ever" -- Runaway lovers -- Another perfect house party -- The case of Osborne's son -- Spiritual longing -- Third marriage -- Inadmissiable Evidence -- A Patriot for Me -- The death of George Divine -- Breakdown -- The real thing -- My dear Tony -- Lost illusions -- "The chapter of accidents" -- Watch It Come Down -- A Better Class of Person -- Country matters -- What happened to Nolan -- En route to Shropshire -- Strindberg's man in England -- Déjàvu -- The end -- Epilogue and the search for faith.