Cover of first edition
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Author | Charles W. Bailey II and Fletcher Knebel |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Harper & Row |
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1963 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 342 pp. |
Seven Days in May is a political thriller novel by Charles W. Bailey II and Fletcher Knebel, first published in hardcover by Harper & Row in 1962.
The plot concerns an attempted military coup in the United States.
The book was a great success, and was number one on The New York Times bestseller list for the weeks of November 18, 1962, December 2-9, 1962, and March 3, 1963 (the weeks of December 16-February 24 were not listed due to the 1962–63 New York City newspaper strike). It was made into a successful movie, also named Seven Days in May, in 1964.
The novel was nominated for the 1989 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award.