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| | <center>''For the constitutional confirmation procedure, see [[advice and consent]]''.</center> | | <center>''For the constitutional confirmation procedure, see [[advice and consent]]''.</center> |
| − | '''Advice and Consent''' (1959) is a widely acclaimed novel by Allen Drury about a Senate confirmation battle for a nominee to become Secretary of State, who was suspected being a [[communist]]. This political fiction was published in 1959 and soared to the top of the ''[[New York Times]]'' bestseller list, and also won a [[Pulitzer Prize]]. The hearings concerning [[Alger Hiss]] are thought to have inspired parts of this book, as did the suicide of Sen. Lester Hunt (D-WY) in 1954 in his Senate office.<ref>https://www.boisestate.edu/bluereview/shocking-death-senator-lester-hunt/</ref> | + | '''Advise and Consent''' (1959) is a widely acclaimed novel by Allen Drury about a Senate confirmation battle for a nominee to become Secretary of State, who was suspected being a [[communist]]. This political fiction was published in 1959 and soared to the top of the ''[[New York Times]]'' bestseller list, and also won a [[Pulitzer Prize]]. The hearings concerning [[Alger Hiss]] are thought to have inspired parts of this book, as did the suicide of Sen. Lester Hunt (D-WY) in 1954 in his Senate office.<ref>https://www.boisestate.edu/bluereview/shocking-death-senator-lester-hunt/</ref> |
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| | Drury was a reporter who covered the [[U.S. Senate]] during [[World War II]] for a news wire, and later joined the staff of the ''New York Times''. | | Drury was a reporter who covered the [[U.S. Senate]] during [[World War II]] for a news wire, and later joined the staff of the ''New York Times''. |
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| − | This book was a favorite of [[Phyllis Schlafly]], who cited it in a positive way in one of her bestselling books in 1964. | + | This book was a favorite of [[Phyllis Schlafly]], who cited it in a positive way in her bestselling book against the [[Deep State]] in 1964: |
| − | | + | {{cquote|In 1959 in the great novel ''Advise and Consent'', the most disliked and distrusted Senator repeatedly exclaimed: |
| | + | ::"I had rather crawl to [[Moscow]] than perish under a bomb."<ref>''[[The Gravediggers]]'', Chapter Nine, p. 60 (1964).</ref>}} |
| | The sales ranking of this book as of Sept. 5, 2020 on [[Amazon.com]], 706 pages in length, is: | | The sales ranking of this book as of Sept. 5, 2020 on [[Amazon.com]], 706 pages in length, is: |
| | ::Best-sellers rank #665,697 in Books | | ::Best-sellers rank #665,697 in Books |