It looks like a crappy summarization isn't necessary on this one. I'll add that the psych ward experience was also well researched, that so far I'm far more sympathetic to Leonard than Mitchell and finally, I had no idea there was an album of Led Zeppelin's Greatest Hits in 1982.
Edit:I guess the board doesn't do compounded quotes or images so I'll spare everybody the trouble of looking it up and say that I'm on The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides.