It is Timothy Colt's belief in the law that makes him the tirelessly dedicated young lawyer he is. But as he witnesses the conflict between ethics and ambition at the heart of the business, and his disillusionment begins.

"A savagely perceptive portrait of executive-suite manners and morals. Extraordinarily well done."

LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS (1917– ), graduate of Yale with a law degree from the University of Virginia, is a New York lawyer whose polished fiction about high society began with several volumes issued under the pseudonym Andrew Lee. His novels include The Indifferent Children, A Law for the Lion, The Great World and Timothy Colt, Pursuit of the Prodigal, The House of Five Talents, Portrait in Brownstone, The Embezzler, and many others.