James C. Mckay

Tomorrow & Tomorrow James C. Mckay

Tomorrow & Tomorrow tells ofthe destruction of the careers and lives of two prominent United States officials, one by treachery andgreed, the other by his deep love for Sally, histeenage daughter. Fred Spencer, the highly successful commissioner of the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, is brilliant, honest, and hard working. TomCallahan, Fred's boyhood friend and now a close political advisor to thePresident, is the opposite. Tom, who is heavily in debt, takes advantage ofFred's grave concerns over the health of his daughter, who is HIV positive froma contaminated needle used in a blood transfusion. Tom urges Fred to accept abribe from a J Japanese pharmaceutical company, with whom Tom is conspiring,and prematurely approve for marketing a new AIDS drug being developed by thatcompany. After agonizing over his decision, Fred finally agrees, in the hopethat the drug will cure his daughter. When the criminal scheme unravels, therefollows widespread adverse publicity, a Congressional investigation, theappointment of an independent counsel, threatened criminal prosecution of Fredand Tom, an agreement by Fred with the prosecutor to testify against hisfriend, and a tragic denouement in an austere Federal courtroom.