All the King's Men

Name: All the King's Men
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.11 (9 reviews)
Author: Robert Penn Warren
ISBN: 9781436100915

Author: Robert Penn Warren

Narrator: Michael Emerson

Unabridged: 20 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/11/2006

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories

Synopsis

This landmark book is a loosely fictionalized account of Governor Huey Long of Louisiana, one of the nation's most astounding politicians. All the King's Men tells the story of Willie Stark, a southern-fried politician who builds support by appealing to the common man and playing dirty politics with the best of the back-room deal-makers. Though Stark quickly sheds his idealism, his right-hand man, Jack Burden -- who narrates the story -- retains it and proves to be a thorn in the new governor's side. Stark becomes a successful leader, but at a very high price, one that eventually costs him his life. The award-winning book is a play of politics, society and personal affairs, all wrapped in the cloak of history.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on April 20, 2019

"Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud." Robert Penn Warren Robert Penn Warren is the only person to win the Pulitzer prize for fiction as well as poetry. He won the prize for fiction in 1946 for this very book. If you......more

Goodreads review by Michael on November 20, 2019

This was a wonderful book. I listened to it on Audible, but it was so well-written that I have ordered hard-copy as well. The story of Willie Stark and Jack Burden (which are the same story as the narrator says) is both poignant and realistic. Seen through the cynical and poetic eyes of Burden, the......more

Goodreads review by Andy on November 05, 2022

This book offers a profound study of human fallibility, and is easily the best book I've ever read on politics.......more

Goodreads review by Lawyer on October 06, 2014

All the King's Men: Robert Penn Warren's Spider Web This Novel was chosen as a group read by members of On the Southern Literary Trail for July 2012 and again in October,2014. "It all began, as I have said, when the Boss, sitting in the black Cadillac which sped through the night, said to me (to Me......more