Paul Larkin is an unsuccessful, middle-aged businessman, a friend of the Rearden family, and a member of the
/Looters. In
/SectioN121 Larkin visits
/Philadelphia to warn
/HankRearden of possible trouble from
/Washington. In
/SectioN131 he meets with the other
/Looters to work out a plan to bring Rearden down.
/JamesTaggart knows he is friends with
/HankRearden and challenges his loyalty, and Larkin assures Taggart that he will go along with them.
Paul Larkin appears in:
/SectioN121
/SectioN132