September Song (O'Malley Novels (Forge Hardcover))

by Andrew M . Greeley (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2002

  $5.87

  The fourth of the O'Malley chronicles is narrated by the ravishing Rosemarie, dedicated wife of our intrepid and trouble-prone hero, Chucky Cronin O'Malley. Destined to be compared to the Lanny Budd novels of Upton Sinclair and the Chicago novels of James T Farrell, SEPTEMBER SONG follows the O'Malley saga from Chucky's appointment as Ambassador to Germany by President Kennedy (the youngest Ambassador in history), to his resignation after a serious disagreement with President Johnson, to his in-your-face involvement in Selma, Alabama, the Chicago Democratic Convention and the Vietnam War. Chucky can't stay out of trouble, and his loving and devoted wife Rosemarie is often, if not always, by his side. Showing up at the trouble spots of the world seems to be Chucky's destiny. Greeley recalls the turbulent and history changing events of the 1960's with fondness and clarity.