El Numero Uno

Homer T. Crawford is a real political animal. He is number one in popularity, contacts, and favors. And number one in corruption, demagoguery, and private scandals. With the help of a campaign advisor, he obtains the position of senator and will soon aspire to the presidency of the United States. In this work, Dos Passos outlines an acidic caricature of the figure of Huey Long, senator of the state of Louisiana in the 1930s, and the corrupt American politics.