Politics in fiction

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This is a list of fictional stories in which politics features as an important plot element. Passing mentions are omitted from this list.

Contents 1 Written works 2 Movies 3 Television 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Written works

• Fables and Parables, by Ignacy Krasicki (1779).
• Coningsby, by Benjamin Disraeli (1844).
• The Possessed, by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1872).
• The Palliser Novels, by Anthony Trollope (1864-1879).
• The Way We Live Now, by Anthony Trollope (1875).
• Honest John Vane, by John William De Forest (1875).
• Democracy: An American Novel, by Henry Adams (1880).
• An Enemy of the People, play by Henrik Ibsen (1882).
• An American Politician, by F. Marion Crawford (1884).
• Pharaoh, by Bolesław Prus (1895).
• Nostromo, by Joseph Conrad (1904).
• Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy (The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma), by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (1932; thought to have inspired Jerzy Kosiński's 1971 novel, Being There).
• It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis (1935).
• Alamut by Vladimir Bartol (1938).
• Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler (1940).
• Animal Farm, by George Orwell (1945).
• A Bell for Adano by John Hersey (1945).
• All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren (1946).
• Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell (1949).
• The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor (1956).
• All in the Family by Edwin O'Connor (1966).
• Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand (1957).
• Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe (1958).
• Advise and Consent, by Allen Drury (1959).
• The Best Man, by Gore Vidal (play, 1960).
• Seven Days in May, by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey (1962).
• A Man of the People, by Chinua Achebe (1966).
• The Godfather, by Mario Puzo (1969).
• Being There, by Jerzy Kosiński (1971).
• Burr, by Gore Vidal (1973).
• 1876, by Gore Vidal (1976).
• A Flag For Sunrise, by Robert Stone (1977).
• The Dead Zone, by Stephen King (1979).
• An Enemy of the State, by F. Paul Wilson (1980).
• A Very British Coup, by Chris Mullin (1982).
• V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd (1982-88).
• Anthills of the Savannah, by Chinua Achebe (1987).
• Favorite Son, by Steve Sohmer, (1988).
• House of Cards, by Michael Dobbs (1989?).
• The Fourth K, by Mario Puzo (1990).
• Patriots, by Steve Sohmer (1991).
• To Play The King, by Michael Dobbs (1991).
• Fatherland, by Robert Harris (1992).
• The Final Cut, by Michael Dobbs (1992).
• American Hero, by Larry Beinhart (1994).
• Primary Colors, by "Anonymous" (Joe Klein, 1996).
• Absolute Power, by David Baldacci (1996)
• A Time to Run, by Barbara Boxer (2005).
• Star Trek: Articles of the Federation, by Keith R.A. DeCandido (2005)
• The Coup, by Jamie Malanowski (2007)
• The Ghost, by Robert Harris (2007)
• When the White House Was Ours, by Porter Shreve (2008).

[edit] Movies

• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939).
• Citizen Kane (1941).
• All the King's Men (1949).
• Advise and Consent (1962).
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962).
• The Best Man (1964).
• Seven Days in May (1964).
• Dr. Strangelove (1964).
• Pharaoh (1966 Polish feature film based on Bolesław Prus' novel, Pharaoh).
• The Godfather (1972).
• The Candidate (1972).
• Being There (1979).
• Power (1986).
• Bob Roberts (1992).
• Running Mates (1992).
• Dave (1993).
• The American President (1995).
• Nixon (1995).
• My Fellow Americans (1996).
• Murder at 1600 (1997).
• Wag the Dog (1997).
• The Peacemaker (1997)
• Absolute Power (1997, based on the 1996 novel by David Baldacci").
• Bulworth (1998).
• Primary Colors (1998).
• The Siege (1998).
• Three Kings (1999).
• Dick (1999).
• Thirteen Days (2000).
• The Contender (2000).
• The Quiet American (2002).
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004 remake of the 1962 film).
• V for Vendetta (2005).
• All the King's Men (2006).
• Man of the Year (2006).
• The Lives of Others (2006)
• Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

[edit] Television

• Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy (The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma; Polish TV miniseries based on the novel by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, ca. 1980).
• Yes Minister (and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister), by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn (1980–88).
• Edge of Darkness (1985).
• A Very British Coup (1988).
• Tanner '88 (1988).
• House of Cards (1990).
• Babylon 5 (1993)
• Nostromo (1997).
• The West Wing (1999–2006).
• The Wire (2002–08).
• The Project (2002).
• Absolute Power (2003, 2005).
• Yugo the Negotiator (2004; anime, on hostage-negotiation)
• Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
• Commander-in-Chief (2005).
• The Thick of It, by Armando Iannucci (2005).
• Brotherhood (2006).
• Party Animals (BBC Two, 2007).

[edit] See also

• Political fiction
• Assassinations in fiction

[edit] External links

• Political Film Society