Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago

Mike Royko. Plume Books, $15 (216pp) ISBN 978-0-452-26167-9

First published in 1971 when the late Daley was mayor of Chicago, this classic ``provides a detailed and, for some, eye-opening account of Daley's rise to absolute control of the Chicago Democratic political machine,'' said PW , finding the book ``sardonic and sometimes hilarious reading.'' (September)

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