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The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor

The Last Hurrah

Edwin O'Connor

427 pages first pub 1956 (view editions)

fiction politics informative reflective slow-paced
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O'Connor's 1956 account of big-city politics, inspired by the career of longtime Boston Mayor James M. Curley, portrays its Irish-American political boss as a demagogue and a rogue who nonetheless deeply understands his constituents. The book was ...

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