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O'CONNOR, Edwin: The Last Hurrah. New York, Bantam, 1960. Bantam Book # F-2231. Sixth printing. (Originally published in 1956.) Paperback, 376 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature / Urban Politics / Irish-American Experience. Condition: Very Good. Light edgewear to the spine tips. Normal age-toning to pages, but clean and not marked. Wonderful and evocative vintage cover art. “Here is ...
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22. März 2016 · The Last Hurrah. : Edwin O'Connor. University of Chicago Press, Mar 22, 2016 - Fiction - 427 pages. “We’re living in a sensitive age, Cuke, and I’m not altogether sure you’re fully attuned to it.”. So says Irish-American politician Frank Skeffington—a cynical, corrupt 1950s mayor, and also an old-school gentleman who looks after the ...
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I'm not just an elected official of the city; I'm a tribal chieftain as well. Edwin O'Connor. Source. Report... "God be good to the man," she said. "He was mean as a panther, but good luck to him." Edwin O'Connor. Quote of the day. Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
The Last Hurrah, a great novel written by Edwin O'Connor in 1955, is the best treatise on American state and local politics to this day. While it doesn't deal with the huge campaign contributions from lobbyists and special interest groups, it explains, in a great read, how our system works (or not). The story is about the Curley administration in Boston, MA. - the patronage, illicit ...
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The Last Hurrah: A Novel. Paperback – 22 Mar. 2016. by Edwin O'Connor (Author), Jack Beatty (Author) 4.5 230 ratings. See all formats and editions. “We’re living in a sensitive age, Cuke, and I’m not altogether sure you’re fully attuned to it.”. So says Irish-American politician Frank Skeffington—a cynical, corrupt 1950s mayor ...
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The story of the campaign is told against the backdrop of the city and its teeming Irish, with the Italians beginning to spearhead their advance in various factions. Skeffington loves his city and its people, accepts its contradictions, its crudities, its venality. The Church comes in for a measure of censure. The press gets its punishment.
