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The Last Hurrah is a 1956 novel written by Edwin O'Connor. It is considered the most popular of O’Connor's works, partly because of a 1958 movie adaptation starring Spencer Tracy. The novel was immediately a bestseller in the United States for 20 weeks, and was also on lists for bestseller of that year.
- Edwin O'Connor
- 427
- 1956
- February 6, 1956
The Last Hurrah, published in the mid-nineteen fifties, was Edwin O'Connor's first success and his most popular novel. The plot of The Last Hurrah focuses on a mayoral election in an unnamed East Coast city. Veteran Irish, Democratic Party politician Frank Skeffington is running for yet another term as Mayor. As a former governor, he is usually ...
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- Paperback
- Edwin O'connor
Another poignant tale of American politics is The Last Hurrah by Edwin O’Connor. Set in an old and mainline northeastern city, the novel examines the dying days of machine politics when largess held voters in sway. Frank Skeffington, 72, believes he is entitled to one more term. His political compass loses its bearing against a young ...
22. März 2016 · 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 ...
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- Edwin O'Connor
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- University of Chicago Press
25. Apr. 2016 · Edwin O'Connor. University of Chicago Press, Apr 25, 2016 - Fiction - 450 pages. A corrupt mayor runs his final campaign in this “remarkably intelligent, informed, well-conceived, and highly...
- Jack Beatty
- Edwin O'Connor
- University of Chicago Press, 2016
Adapted into a 1958 film starring Spencer Tracy and directed by John Ford (and which Curley tried to keep from being made), Edwin O’Connor’s opus reveals politics as it really is, and big cities as they really were. An expansive, humorous novel offering deep insight into the Irish-American experience and the ever-changing nature of the ...
22. März 2016 · An expansive, humorous novel offering deep insight into the Irish-American experience and the ever-changing nature of the political machine, The Last Hurrah reveals political truths still true...