Among Bernard Madoff's many dupes were his closest friends, including two tycoons he loved as surrogate fathers: the late Norman F. Levy-whose girlfriend, supermodel Carmen Dell'Orefice, would lose her life savings-and the prominent philanthropist Carl J. Shapiro. Amid the sobs, screams, and curses in Aspen, Palm Beach, and New York, with victims sharing their stories, the author gets behind Madoff's affable façade, to reveal his most intimate betrayals.--"Madoff's World" by Mark Seal, Vanity Fair (4/09)
This is an engaging, absolutely fascinating piece about the life and times of Bernie Madoff. How do you characterize such a person? What manner of psychopathology causes or allows a person to systematically loot and destroy his most intimate friends and thousands of others--and with no apparent sense of wrong done, guilt, or remorse. And certainly no sense of obligation for restitution. As fascinating as it is troubling.
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/04/madoff200904
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