The Last Hurrah (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edwin O’Connor
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Plot: Political
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: A large New England city
- Principal Characters: Frank Skeffington, Frank Skeffington, Jr., Adam Caulfield, Maeve Caulfield, Roger Sugrue, Amos Force, Sam Weinberg, John Gorman, Ditto Boland, The Cardinal, Kevin McCluskey
- Genres: Long fiction, Political fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Politics, Ethnic groups, Politicians, Ireland or Irish people
- Locales: New England
The Novel
The Last Hurrah is divided into four parts and fourteen chapters. The first three parts relate the tale of Frank Skeffington, former governor of an eastern state and now mayor of a large unidentified city, clearly meant to be Boston, and his campaign for reelection. The fourth section relates the election’s aftermath. Many commentators believe that O’Connor modeled Skeffington on James Michael Curley, several times mayor of Boston, onetime governor of Massachusetts, and the paradigm of the second-generation immigrant politician and big-city political boss....
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