Schoolteacher suffering from inflamed arteries (autoimmune disease? RA? Lupus?) is giving cortisone. It works, but the side effects make him feel he is bigger than life. Football in the house with his boy; great PTA back-to-school night scene with parents in which he calls their children unformed gorillas. Buying spree of clothes for wife. Headed toward trouble -- he's doubling up on his pills.
Excellent start . . . orphaned girl with a knack for chess, taught by janitor, harsh orphanage despite its courtly look.
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