The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor
US$14.92
Paperback. Condition: Good+. 1957. Bantam. 18th printing.
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 later made into a John Ford film staring Spencer Tracy.