All the King's Men

About this book

The story is about Willie Stark, a slick politician of humble birth, who was based on real-life Huey Long, a Louisiana governor, but the real main character is Jack Burden, a reporter who serves to narrate the story and Stark's rise to power.

Subjects

  • 813/.52
  • american fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • american political fiction
  • award:pulitzer_prize=1947
  • award:pulitzer_prize=fiction
  • drama
  • fiction
  • fiction, political
  • governors
  • modern literature
  • nineteen thirties
  • political corruption
  • political fiction
  • political fiction, american
  • political plays
  • politicians
  • politicians, fiction
  • politicians--fiction
  • politicians in fiction
  • politics and government
  • ps3545.a748 a7 2001
  • pulitzer prize winner
  • southern states, fiction
  • southern states in fiction