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| Original Title: | The Man |
| ISBN: | 067103894X (ISBN13: 9780671038946) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | California Book Award for Fiction (Silver) (1964) |
Irving Wallace
Paperback | Pages: 768 pages Rating: 4.07 | 1354 Users | 82 Reviews
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The time is 1964. The place is the Cabinet Room of the Where House. An unexpected accident and the law of succession have just made Douglass Dilman the first black President of the United States.This is the theme of what was surely one of the most provocative novels of the 1960s. It takes the reader into the storm center of the presidency, where Dilman, until now an almost unknown senator, must bear the weight of three burdens: his office, his race, and his private life.
From beginning to end, The Man is a novel of swift and tremendous drama, as President Dilman attempts to uphold his oath in the face of international crises, domestic dissension, violence, scandal, and ferocious hostility. Push comes to shove in a breathtaking climax, played out in the full glare of publicity, when the Senate of the United States meets for the first time in one hundred years to impeach the President.
Mention About Books The Man
| Title | : | The Man |
| Author | : | Irving Wallace |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 768 pages |
| Published | : | December 1st 1999 by I Books (first published January 1st 1964) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. Politics. Novels |
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Ratings: 4.07 From 1354 Users | 82 ReviewsCriticize About Books The Man
Best book I ever read. I've read it four or five times and will read it again soon.
On my visits to the library, I had noticed that there is a shelf that contains Irving Wallace books printed on coarse recycled paper. His wikipedia page gave me the impression that he wrote pulp fiction - sort of Sidney Sheldon or Harold Robbins.In this book, a "negro" (as the term has been used in those politically incorrect days) becomes the unelected President of the United States due to circumstances. I remember reading that both Obama (race) and Julia Gillard (gender, Australian PM) had to
This book was so compelling, I could not put it down. I was stationed at Wheelus Air Force base at the time and fortunately I had the next day off because I did not finish it until about 3 am. I had to buy a second copy for myself because after I started telling my homies (east coast brothers) about it was passed around like crazy. James Earl Jones did a very grand job with the movie, which was pretty close to the book. The first Black President and all the mess he had to deal with. A
typical wallace novel... read on a recommendation...wasn't disappointed
What the author wrote some decades back, has come into reality in US. A black has become President. But the write was proved wrong in one way-Obama became President on his own and not by death of others above him.However, the book is superbly written and especially the impeachment scenes were like a picture before the reader's eyes.
Way ahead of its time. Wallace does a great job detailing the political climate in the 1960's as America is accidentally gifted a black President. Powerful
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