Edwin O'Connor

A corrupt mayor runs his final campaign in this "remarkably intelligent, informed, well-conceived, and highly readable" classic novel (Chicago Tribune).
"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 constituents of his New England city and enjoys...