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Over the course of the novel, Gris finds himself in possession of twelve tons of pure gold, which he tries to launder through a Swiss bank account in order to keep it all for himself ; he becomes a prisoner of two man-hating lesbians ( who end up marrying Gris after he rapes them and thereby " cures " them of their lesbianism, but not before various ingenious tortures, one of which involve a cheese grater and chili powder ); he repeatedly finds himself losing large amounts of money, becoming broke, and having to concoct wild schemes to save himself from his creditors ; he has an affair with a young nymphomaniac teenage girl whom he cannot escape ; he hires a hit man to kill Heller's fiancé, only to stumble through the affair and end up being a target for the hit man himself ; he embarks on a long cruise through the Mediterranean ( mirroring Hubbard's own voyages through the area in the 1970s ); and finally, Gris becomes the target after Heller realizes that he is behind the operation to disrupt his mission.
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Over and course
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