Advise and Consent
Advice and Consent 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.
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.
The sales ranking of this book as of Sept. 5, 2020 on Amazon.com is:
Best-sellers rank #665,697 in Books
#2,755 in Political Fiction (Books)
#4,934 in Political Thrillers (Books)
#6,182 in Historical Thrillers (Books)