All the King's Men

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Penn Warren
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 30.08.2007
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780141188614
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118861-4
• Pages: 672
• Dimensions (packing): 12.7 x 19.5 x 2.8 cm
• Series: Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
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