Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Littafin ya yi magana sosai game da rikice-rikicen zamantakewar ƙarshen shekarun 1960 da farkon shekarun 1970. Yana nufin
Rikicin Newark na shekarar 1967, da badakalar Watergate, da juyin juya halin jima'i da Deep Throat, sunan lambar asirin da ke cikin badakalar Watergate da kuma taken fim din batsa na shekarar 1972. A cikin wasan karshe na littafin, an tattauna batun Watergate da fim din batsa a wurin cin abincin dare wanda auren farko na "Swede" ya fara bayyana lokacin da ya gano cewa matarsa tana da dangantaka. Littafin ya kuma yi magana game da maganganun tashin hankali na juyin juya hali na tsattsauran ra'ayi na New Left da Black Panthers, shari'ar da aka yi wa 'yar gwagwarmayar hagu na Afirka ta Amurka Angela Davis, da kuma fashewar bam da aka yi tsakanin 1969 da 1973 ta hanyar Yanayin Yanayi da sauran masu tsattsauran ra'ayi da ke adawa da aikin soja na Amurka a Vietnam. Littafin ya nakalto daga Frantz Fanon "A Colonialism Dying", wanda Zuckerman yayi tunanin cewa ɗayan matani ne wanda ya sa Merry ta aiwatar da fashewar ofishin gidan waya na gida.