All the King's Men

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Penguin, 2007 - Fiction - 661 pages
All the King's Men is considered the finest novel ever written on American politics. Set in the 1930s, this book traces the rise and fall of Willie Stark, who resembles the real-life Huey 'Kingfish' Long of Louisiana. Stark begins his political career as an idealistic man of the people but soon becomes corrupted by success.

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All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren
Limited preview - 2006
All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren
Limited preview - 2005
All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren,Noel Polk
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About the author (2007)

Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989) was born in Guthrie, Kentucky. In his lifetime he won three Pulitzer Prizes, the National Book Award, the National Medal for Literature, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1986 he was named the country's first Poet Laureate.

Bibliographic information

TitleAll the King's Men
Modern classics
Penguin modern classics
AuthorRobert Penn Warren
Editionreprint
PublisherPenguin, 2007
ISBN0141188618, 9780141188614
Length661 pages
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Fiction / Classics
Fiction / General
Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Media Tie-In
Fiction / Political
Literary Criticism / General
  
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