"It moves like an express train, crackles with vitality, and vibrates with emotional intensity." This was the comment of the Yale Review when the novel was published in 1946. Since that time it has remained unsurpassed as the definitive novel of American political morality, its corruptions,...
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"It moves like an express train, crackles with vitality, and vibrates with emotional intensity." This was the comment of the Yale Review when the novel was published in 1946. Since that time it has remained unsurpassed as the definitive novel of American political morality, its corruptions, power, privilege, and guilt--a horrifying story of the rise and fall of a potential dictator.
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