The Man

The time is 1964. The place is the Cabinet Room of the Where House. An unexpectedaccident and the law of succession have just made Douglass Dilman the firstblack President of the United States. This is the theme of what was surely one of the most provocative novels ofthe 1960s. It takes the reader into the storm center of the presidency, whereDilman, until now an almost unknown senator, must bear the weight of three burdens:his office, his race, and his private life. From beginning to end, The Man is a novel of swift and tremendous drama,as President Dilman attempts to uphold his oath in the face of internationalcrises, domestic dissension, violence, scandal, and ferocious hostility. Pushcomes to shove in a breathtaking climax, played out in the full glare of publicity,when the Senate of the United States meets for the first time in one hundredyears to impeach the President.