All the King's Menis 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.
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.
PRAISE FOR "ALL THE KING'S MEN"
"Over the course of more than two centuries of vivid political
history, there is perhaps only one full-blooded American novel of
politics that plunges deep into the hearts of its characters and
therefore into the hearts of its readers, thus rising to the top
ranks of American fiction. That is Robert Penn Warren's lush "All
the King's Men"."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"It's a measure of the enduring worth of "All the King's Men" that
Willie Stark has entered our collective literary consciousness, in
the company of Captain Ahab, Huck Finn, Jay Gatsby, Holden
Caulfield, Rabbit Angstrom, and very few others."--Joyce Carol
Oates, "The New York Review of Books"
PRAISE FOR"ALL THE KING'S MEN"
"Over the course of more than two centuries of vivid political
history, there is perhaps only one full-blooded American novel of
politics that plunges deep into the hearts of its characters and
therefore into the hearts of its readers, thus rising to the top
ranks of American fiction. That is Robert Penn Warren's lush"All
the King's Men"."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"It's a measure of the enduring worth of"All the King's Men"that
Willie Stark has entered our collective literary consciousness, in
the company of Captain Ahab, Huck Finn, Jay Gatsby, Holden
Caulfield, Rabbit Angstrom, and very few others."--Joyce Carol
Oates, "The New York Review of Books"
PRAISE FOR "ALL THE KING'S MEN"
"Over the course of more than two centuries of vivid political
history, there is perhaps only one full-blooded American novel of
politics that plunges deep into the hearts of its characters and
therefore into the hearts of its readers, thus rising to the top
ranks of American fiction. That is Robert Penn Warren's lush "All
the King's Men,""--"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"It's a measure of the enduring worth of "All the King's Men" that
Willie Stark has entered our collective literary consciousness, in
the company of Captain Ahab, Huck Finn, Jay Gatsby, Holden
Caulfield, Rabbit Angstrom, and very few others."--Joyce Carol
Oates, "The New York Review of Books"
This reconstituted edition of the 1947 Pulitzer Prize-winning dissection of Louisiana politics gets a serious makeover by scholar Polk, who rescues the cuts and alterations made by the original editors as well as returning protagonist Willie Stark to his original name, Willie Talos. There is also an appendix and editorial notes. Considering this title's importance in American letters and the quite reasonable price, libraries should invest in this edition. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
PRAISE FOR "ALL THE KING'S MEN"
"Over the course of more than two centuries of vivid political
history, there is perhaps only one full-blooded American novel of
politics that plunges deep into the hearts of its characters and
therefore into the hearts of its readers, thus rising to the top
ranks of American fiction. That is Robert Penn Warren's lush "All
the King's Men"."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"It's a measure of the enduring worth of "All the King's Men" that
Willie Stark has entered our collective literary consciousness, in
the company of Captain Ahab, Huck Finn, Jay Gatsby, Holden
Caulfield, Rabbit Angstrom, and very few others."--Joyce Carol
Oates, "The New York Review of Books"
PRAISE FOR"ALL THE KING'S MEN"
"Over the course of more than two centuries of vivid political
history, there is perhaps only one full-blooded American novel of
politics that plunges deep into the hearts of its characters and
therefore into the hearts of its readers, thus rising to the top
ranks of American fiction. That is Robert Penn Warren's lush"All
the King's Men"."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"It's a measure of the enduring worth of"All the King's Men"that
Willie Stark has entered our collective literary consciousness, in
the company of Captain Ahab, Huck Finn, Jay Gatsby, Holden
Caulfield, Rabbit Angstrom, and very few others."--Joyce Carol
Oates, "The New York Review of Books"
PRAISE FOR "ALL THE KING'S MEN"
"Over the course of more than two centuries of vivid political
history, there is perhaps only one full-blooded American novel of
politics that plunges deep into the hearts of its characters and
therefore into the hearts of its readers, thus rising to the top
ranks of American fiction. That is Robert Penn Warren's lush "All
the King's Men,""--"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"It's a measure of the enduring worth of "All the King's Men" that
Willie Stark has entered our collective literary consciousness, in
the company of Captain Ahab, Huck Finn, Jay Gatsby, Holden
Caulfield, Rabbit Angstrom, and very few others."--Joyce Carol
Oates, "The New York Review of Books"
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