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Archie and Samad spend the last night of 1989 at O’Connell’s, where they have been customers for fifteen years. Samad, at last, persuades Mickey, the Arab owner of the bar, to hang a portrait of Mangal Pande, Samad’s great-grandfather.
Samad realizes that Archie, his only friend, has been lying to him for fifty years about shooting Dr. Perret back in May 1945. Archie sees Millat pull out his gun and throws himself between Millat and his target, saving Dr. Perret’s life for the second time.
On May 6, 1945, Archie and Samad’s tank breaks down in a tiny Bulgarian village near both Greece and Turkey. Their captain calls a halt while they wait for help and gives Jones and Iqbal permission to go into the village. Archie and Samad find a café and spend three hours drinking.
Samad and Poppy continue to a park bench, where they decide to spend the night together. As Poppy searches her purse for the toothbrush she has bought Samad, he closes his eyes and hears: "To the pure all things are pure," followed by "Can't say fairer than that."
Jan 1, 2024 · Archie's life post-marriage is mostly spent at an Arab-owned bar, O'Connell’s, with his old friend Samad Miah Iqbal. Archie and Samad's friendship dates back to the Second World War when they served together in the British Army and had a powerful encounter with a Nazi scientist, Dr. Perret.
Things change on May 6, 1945. Something in the tank explodes in a tiny Bulgarian village. While the men wait for help, Archie and Samad go into the village to wander around. But when they bet back to the tank, the rest of the men are dead. Archie and Samad are the last men standing, as it were.
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Samad has confessed to Archie that he cheated on Alsana, and Archie tells him to meet him at O’Connell’s at four o’clock, but at 4:15, Archie hasn’t showed up.
