description: Set in the 1930s, this novel traces the rise and fall of an American demagogue - Louisiana Governor Willie Stark - a once humble man of the people, steadily corrupted by power. Often labelled a political novel, it is also about personal corruption and disillusionment.
language: English
title: All The King's Men
titlecomplete: All The King's Men
characters: Ellis Burden, "Sugar-Boy" O'Sheean, Gummy Larson, Judge Montague Irwin, Lucy Stark, Willie Stark, Sadie Burke, Tom Stark, Adam Stanton, Tiny Duffy, Jack Burden, Cass Mastern, Anne Stanton
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Politics, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Southern, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 62724
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: Prion Books Ltd