num_pages: 656
description: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this classic book is generally regarded as the finest novel ever written on american politics. It describes the career of Willie Stark, a back-country lawyer whose idealism is overcome by his lust for power. New Foreword by Joseph Blotner for this fiftieth anniversary edition.
language: English
title: All the King's Men
titlecomplete: All the King's Men
characters: Tiny Duffy, "Sugar-Boy" O'Sheean, Jack Burden, Tom Stark, Cass Mastern, Ellis Burden, Sadie Burke, Adam Stanton, Lucy Stark, Gummy Larson, Judge Montague Irwin, Anne Stanton, Willie Stark
genres: Historical, Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Southern, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Politics
ratings_count: 62715
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: Harcourt / Harvest