pos;d thrown them away? I thought the man was losing his mind, Alan could tell her. No, he would not tell her that." (A Hologram for the King, p182)
             Only once in the book, he mentions his "old friends":
             "Another dead woman in his life. There were too many, girlfriends who became old friends, the old friends, girlfriends who got married, who aged a bit, whose kids were now grown." (A Hologram for the King, p26)
             He is also a debt-ridden man. This situation does not help his "psychological nothingness". In my opinion, it's what worries him the most. Due to his debts, he cannot pay Kit's tuition; he has to sell his house. Where is he going to live? I don't know. But as he has no friends, no good relations with his ex-wife, no money to pay a hotel, he will be homeless. It's an endless spiral. So he keeps hoping but unfortunately does nothing to change. Along the book we can notice Alan's hopes for th
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