The names Jack Dempsey, Babe Ruth, Red Grange, FattyArbuckle, Sophie Tucker, Charles Lindbergh, Walter Winchell, Sally Rand, Leopold and Loeb play through the novel's pages.
At least for now, they seem to prefer viewing him as someone who is good at his job despite some personal flaws--more or less what people used to think about FattyArbuckle before matters got out of hand.