Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
346
Language
English
Published
Apr 3, 1985
Publisher
Pocket
ISBN-10
0671602543
ISBN-13
9780671602543
Description
Albert Corde, dean of a Chicago college, is unprepared for the violent response to his expose of city corruption. Accused of betraying his city, as well as being a racist, he journeys to Bucharest, where his mother-in-law lies dying, only to find corruption rife in the Communist capital. Switching back and forth between the two cities, The Dean's December represents Bellow's "most spirited resistance to the forces of our time" (Malcolm Bradbury).