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All the King's Men

by Robert Penn Warren

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ISBN13: 9780156030960
ISBN10: 0156030969
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Awards

Winner of the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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When All the King's Men was first published in 1946, Sinclair Lewis pronounced it "massive, impressive...one of our few national galleries of character." Diana Trilling, reviewing it for the Nation, wrote, "For sheer virtuosity, for the sustained drive of its prose, for the speed and the evenness of its pacing, for its precision of language...I doubt indeed whether it can be matched in American fiction." The Washington Post declared, "If the game of naming the Great American Novel is still being played anywhere, Warren's All the King's Men would easily make the final rounds."

Set in the 1930s, this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel traces the rise and fall of demagogue Willie Stark, a fictional character 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 and caught between dreams of service and an insatiable lust for power. As relevant today as it was more than fifty years ago, All the King's Men is one of the classics of American literature.

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Winner of the 1947 Pulitzer Prize, All the King's Men is one of the most famous and widely read works in American literature, and as relevant today as it was 50 years ago. Now it has been fully restored and reintroduced by literary scholar Noel Polk, textual editor of the works of William Faulkner. Set in the 1930s, this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 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. One of the classics of American literature, All the King's Men is as relevant today as ever.
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About the Author

Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989) 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.
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Alethea, September 14, 2008 (view all comments by Alethea)
A poetic 1920s/30s political tale involving . . . "the common folk" vs. "the elite"; the press working to dig up skeletons in the closet; a teenage pregnancy scandal involving the governor's child . . .

Truly, there is nothing new under the sun.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780156030960
Author:
Warren, Robert Penn
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Political
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
Subject:
Suspense
Subject:
Movie or Television Tie-In
Copyright:
2005
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
20051107
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 9 to 12
Language:
English
Pages:
672
Dimensions:
8 x 5.31 in 8 lb
Age Level:
from 14
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"Synopsis" by , Winner of the 1947 Pulitzer Prize, All the King's Men is one of the most famous and widely read works in American literature, and as relevant today as it was 50 years ago. Now it has been fully restored and reintroduced by literary scholar Noel Polk, textual editor of the works of William Faulkner. Set in the 1930s, this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 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. One of the classics of American literature, All the King's Men is as relevant today as ever.
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