num_pages: 438
description: Pulitzer Prize winner. The rise and the fall of an American dictator! A political novel originally published in 1946.Stark and His People...Willie the "Bos"--a ham-fisted, hard-drinking, pile-driving powerhouse of a dictator.Sadie Burke--his long-standing mistress and a motivating force behind his rise to power.Jack Burden--The Boss's press agent. He was expected to carry out orders--no matter what.And an endless parade of swindlers, fixers, power brokers, and henchmen in the corrupt cavalcade of American politics.
language: English
title: All the King's Men
titlecomplete: All the King's Men
characters: Judge Montague Irwin, Gummy Larson, Ellis Burden, Adam Stanton, Jack Burden, Cass Mastern, "Sugar-Boy" O'Sheean, Tiny Duffy, Tom Stark, Sadie Burke, Lucy Stark, Anne Stanton, Willie Stark
genres: American, Politics, Historical Fiction, Southern, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 62716
places: Southern Region
awards: awardedAt: -725817600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -536428800000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Mikael Agricola -palkinto
publisher: Bantam