The Fall Of The Firmest Pillar

In June 2008, Jay Berger, an attorney and mortgage banker from suburban Philadelphia, found himself shackled on a blue, unmarked prison bus. His story describes the journey of a regular guy from the baby boomer generation, successful in his career and family life, who became entangled in a protracted and futile conflict with Fannie Mae. This happened fifteen years before the financial debacle that crippled the nation. Subsequently, it spiraled him downward into a personal abyss of alcoholis...