At the outset, let me break it that by no yardstick is ‘Madoff’ by Peter Sander a biography or a complete inside-out, threadbare research of ‘Madoff’s scandal’. Yet he deserves all the applause. Madoff scandal broke on 8th Dec, 2008. And by the references in the book, it’s quite clear that author had wrapped up his research on Bernie Madoff and his dirty work by January 2009. There is no doubt in my mind that author was in a hurry to publish this book. After all, when it’s a $50 billion con game exposé, you can be rest assured that even those resting in the graves would be itching for the lowdowns. However, I don’t hold it against him because despite all the rush Peter Sander has written a smart book. Right from the first chapter, Sander gets down to the brass tacks. He expands upon the various con artists that existed before Bernie Madoff and reasons why Madoff is the biggest of them all. Sander takes the readers through facts, whatever were available by January’09 end about the scandal and a lot of assumptions and second-hand confirmations, credibility of which could be dubious. I admire author for his forthcoming attitude in admitting to the lack of facts. Though he leaves no stone unturned when it comes to research. From the interviews of whistle-blower Markopolos, members of Jewish charity foundations whom Madoff duped to the excerpts of various reports including the FBI charge-sheet against Madoff, Peter Sander has let everything roll. Finally, Peter Sander’s Madoff is not a play by play account of the scandal or the man himself, nonetheless it’s a very well-though-out and well-written book. Read this one or wait for the yet-to-be-published tomes on Madoff and his scam.