Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. When Poetry Met Prose 1
5. Son of Immigrant Parents 25
6. A Can of Worms 33
7. Like a Meeting of the Supreme Soviet 57
8. In a Lofty Place 87
9. The Great Gerrymander 113
10. Lobbyists and Legislators Gone Wild 123
11. The Overcoat Development Corporation 149
12. Other People’s Money 169
13. The Road to Reforming a Failed State 185
14. Notes 205
15. Selected Biography 241
16. Index 245