A dramatic report on the rise and fall of two ambitious California heart doctors traces how they performed countless surgeries and generated enormous profits for their hospital's management company before a suspicious patient and the FBI investigated the possibility that they were subjecting healthy patients to unnecessary medical procedures. 35,000 first printing.
A Modernist Power Couple and Their Life with Eliot, Proust, Joyce, Huxley, Mansfield, Picasso and the Excruciatingly Irascible Wyndham Lewis
Focusing on the influential lives of Sydney and Violet Schiff, this biography explores their significant role in early twentieth-century England's literary scene. Sydney, a respected writer, and Violet, a gifted musician, were key figures in the Modernist movement, forming connections with prominent artists like Proust and Joyce. Stephen Klaidman reveals how they navigated the elitist and anti-Semitic literary world, offering a vibrant portrayal of their relationships with a host of iconic personalities, making this a captivating account of an extraordinary era.