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