The Dean’s December.

BELLOW, Saul.

Item Number: 1561

New York: Harper & Row, 1982.

First edition. Octavo, original green cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Name stamp on the half title page, else fine in a fine dust jacket without wear.

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).