Robert Cohn was a middleweight box champion, but this was not a tittle that made him proud. He hated box, but only practiced it to balance the sense of not belonging that he had for being treated like a Jew at Princeton. He was an American living in Paris, and he was starting to get bored of it. He was, in a way, having his mid-life crisis. Questioning every single thing, and worrying about death. Cohn is married for the second time to a controlling woman, for a long time he had eyes for no one else, but after a trip to NY where he realizes there is more to the eye, he returns to Paris as a different man.
The story is told by Robert's friend, Jack. In this first three chapters, Jack introduces Robert's life style, ideas, and plans for the future as well as he introduces Brett. We still don't know much about her. She is an incredibly attractive woman with manlike attitudes and Cohn seems to be attracted to her.
So far, there is not much going on. Robert is sick of Paris and wants to talk Jake into going with him to South America but Jake has no interest on going along. But still, Jake is getting bored or the life in Paris.
Will he accept Cohn's invitation and go to South America?
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