LITTLE MEN, BIG WORLD

Ben Reisman, veteran columnist for the Journal, is bored. So when he stumbles across a reference to a character known as "De Ark," an underworld person who seems to operate without anyone knowing about him, he is intrigued. "De Ark" is in fact, Mr. Orral Wanty, Arky to his friends, the right hand man of the Mover, the man who really runs the city. Arky's control is so tight, even Commissioner Stark, the zealous law-and-order crusader, has never heard of him. But Arky's hand is everywhere. He's the man Leon Sollas, front for the syndicate,...