Sorkin does a terrific job of evoking the hothouse atmosphere of card games that might sound glamorous
when boldface names are involved but also reek with the pitiful, dope - sick air of thinly veiled compulsion.
That laser - focused quality was particularly true on Tuesday, V.I.P. opening day at the fair, Art Basel 2016,
when even
boldfaced names were willing to wait in a long line in the rain to be first to sample the wares of more than 280 international dealers in the sprawling exhibition hall on Messeplatz.