Royko’s Boss serves to critically analyze the self-serving legend, of famed Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley, woven and drawn about himself during his career, while also bringing into perspective the consequences greed and unchecked power. Each chapter of the book begins with an excerpt from William Kunstler’s examination of Daley during the trial of the Chicago Seven, a group of activists charged in 1969 with incitement to riot during the Democratic Convention. Boss is Royko’s attempt to place Daley on trial for his corruption, and to prove he was elected five times not because of what he did for Chicago but in spite of what he did to it. From Daley’s earliest Democratic Party maneuverings to the blatant lies he used to cover up the unreasonable