Timothy Cavendish Timeline & Summary

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• In the present, Timothy Cavendish attends an award party where Dermot "Duster" Hoggins throws literary critic Felix Finch off a balcony.
• Since Cavendish published Hoggins's book, Cavendish rakes in the dough when sales of the book skyrocket.
• Dermot's brothers feel that Cavendish profited from the Hogginses, and they want their share.
• Unable to come up with the money, Cavendish phones his brother, who tells him he can hide out in Hull.
• Cavendish takes a few trains to Hull. On his final pit stop, he accepts a joint from a stranger in a public bathroom.
• Totally stoned, Cavendish stumbles into Aurora House, is shown to his room, and falls asleep.
• In the morning, Cavendish realizes that Aurora House is a nursing home. A beastly woman named Nurse Noakes takes his keys away.
• Cavendish tries to escape but is caught by Withers the gardener and spanked in front of everyone.
• Later, at a meal, Cavendish has a stroke.
• When Cavendish recovers, he is determined to escape Nurse Noakes and Aurora House.
• Cavendish's brother cannot help. When Cavendish calls, he finds out that his brother died. A stroke. Must run in the family.
• Two other residents, Ernie Blacksmith and Veronica Costello, come up with a plan to break out of Aurora House.
• Ernie, Veronica, and Cavendish steal a vehicle from Johns Hotchkiss, the son of another resident.
• Withers catches up with our escapees when they stop at a tavern in town, but Mr. Meeks, who stowed away with Cavendish, starts a bar brawl. The angry patrons knock out Cavendish's pursuers.
• With Cavendish Publishing back in business, Cavendish picks up a new manuscript: Half-Lives—The First Luisa Rey Mystery.