Mile High Author:Richard Condon Edward West could do anything. Owned a string of whore-houses in which he entertained U.S. Senators. Forced prohibition through Congress, giving himself the chance to make billions in bootlegging. A friend of the head of the Mafia, invited to dinner by the Pope. Married a sweet-tempered girl of American-Irish aristocracy. Sadistically murdered a... more » black mistress and had it covered up. He could do anything except that thing he wanted to do most. . .« less