Sandy Stern is now 85 and a survivor of lung cancer. To a great extent, his life was saved by a drug created by a dear friend, Kiril Pafko, and because it is not on the market, Sandy accesses it illegally from overseas. When Kiril is accused of falsifying testing data, committing fraud and violating the insider trading rules, he turns to Sandy. Sandy's health, stamina and memory are all suspect, but he manages to handle the trial with his usual flair. There are some interesting sidebars along the way as Sandy puts his life and career into perspective. The author is a contemporary of mine, a graduate of Harvard Law, a practitioner with one of Chicago's most respected firms and the author of eleven best selling novels. This has been highly acclaimed, but frankly doesn't seem on par with some of his prior efforts.
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