Protagonist and investment banker who battles a vicious rat infestation in his newly renovated brownstone after his family leaves for vacation. He escalates from setting traps to arming himself with a baseball bat to protect his home.
The salesman offers Bart an improvised pest-control solution.
Bart consults a hardware salesman after failing to find an exterminator, and the salesman recommends poison.
Clete provides Bart with the first practical explanation and warning about the infestation.
Clete investigates the kitchen drainage problem, identifies the rat as its cause, and warns Bart about its resilience and aggression.
Their professional relationship briefly becomes personally complicated.
Lorrie Wells is Bart's secretary, and they share a taxi after work before she visits his home.
James's assignment creates Bart's early workplace frustration.
Bart learns that the project he wanted has been assigned to James Hall, which initially leaves Bart outraged.
Eliot supervises Bart and evaluates both his work and professional conduct.
Eliot Riverton is Bart Hughes's boss at the investment bank and assigns him a branch-office reorganization plan.
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