Status Updates From The Nix

I start getting annoyed... Where is this leading and what is the great reveal at the end? I really like Faye's story, the political part and somehow Samuels but I do not get how the dirtiest, most detailed info about a side character's sex life, experience in war, having a lung embolism (this one without a full stop a whole chapter - I lost interest at some point and started skipping lines) contribute to the story

Jesus christ