num_pages: 312
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).
language: English
title: The Dean's December
titlecomplete: The Dean's December
genres: 20th Century, American, Nobel Prize, Romania, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction
ratings_count: 1397
places: Chicago, Illinois, Bucharest
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Classics