New York: Crowell, (1950.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Prolific author's very uncommon second novel - the story of a young Jewish man during the Depression, who first attempts to resist his mother's pressure to attend law school, but eventually enrolls at New York University (as the author himself did). Follows his struggle to establish a practice, and reveals how human needs can outweigh principles, leading basically honest men into bribery and corruption. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 278 pp.