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All the King's Men 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Harvest Books Catalog: Book Release date: 1996-09-01 Media: Paperback Format: Bargain Price Number of pages: 672  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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 Written on September 29, 2007 Summary: This is MY review Overall, I thought the story was okay. I am not much of a fan of Penn's prose, and this book dragged until Jack Burden retells the story of Cass Mastern. For me, this is where the book starts falling into place. Maybe I was set up for failure with this book because I keep seeing this novel being called "political fiction." As someone picking this up expecting "political fiction," you'd expect the story to focus on Willie Stark and in much more detail of his humble beginnings to his tragic downfall, but he is only a distant focal point in this novel as the story belongs to one of Stark's cronies, Jack Burden. I don't know WHY I'm supposed to give a flip about Jack Burden and after finishing the novel, I still don't give a toss for the character. There are so many sub-plots and interesting characters within the story that I was much more interested in than the big picture of Burden's personal "odyssey." I felt that some of the story was predictable (Burden's father) and some of the book just didn't seem feasible (the relationship between Stark and Anne Stanton). So all in all, this book didn't do it for me. I have read better. Written on August 29, 2007 Summary: Politics Jack was a journalist living in the 1930s in the South. As a newspaperman he had the opportunity to follow the early political campaign of the idealistic Willie Stark, a farm boy who thought he could make a difference and agreed to run when some powerful men asked him. Little did Willie know that he was a stooge set up to split the vote and guarantee a win to his opponent. Little did he know that nobody was listening to his earnest, figure-ridden speeches about how he would make the country a better place. Jack was there to help pick up the pieces when Willie finally found out what was going on, and he was there to witness Willie's rebirth as a fighter, who promised to come back to campaign on his own for the next election. Years later Jack is no longer in journalism. Instead, he is Willie's right-hand man. He is the one who keeps track of the things Governor Willie Stark needs to get done. He is the one who digs up dirt on friends and opponents and puts pressure where pressure is needed. He is essential to the smooth running of Willie's personal and political life, and he is much reviled by many people for his role in the government. In Jack's mind, though, Willie is a better politician than most. There is some corruption within his organization, but there is also much more good being accomplished than in past governments. Jack defends to his friends and himself that such good should and does overshadow the dark parts of his boss. As this book progresses, we are able to see how decent and moral people can be sucked into a somewhat immoral life, and how those who are immoral to begin with can find places to sneak into an ethical man's world. I really liked watching the evolution of all of the characters in this book, and the changing relationships among them. It was interesting to puzzle through Willie's change from idealistic young man to hardened womanizer, or Jack's change from slacker student to dedicated blackmailer. I liked seeing where Jack and Anne's relationship went wrong, and I liked the stubborn way Adam refused to let his friendship with Jack go. This book had some beautiful descriptive paragraphs, but there were times in which I felt I was simply wallowing in description, trying to wade through words in order to get back to the story. Written on August 27, 2007 Summary: A Classic After seeing the movie I wanted to finally read the book; I wasn't disappointed. Although some of the language does not translate well to today, I really enjoyed the story and the way Warren uses real life events to craft his story. The book is always better than the movie!  Written on August 25, 2007 Summary: My Favorite American Novel Has a better American political novel been written? All The Kings Men edges out The Last Hurrah on my list and is the only novel I've read three times in the last 30 years. Yeah, I knew how it would end but it is worth reading more than once. Willie Stark is one of literature's great characters. Others have gone into the plot and the themes of the novel so I'll just say read ATKM if you want to read an American novel on the level of The Great Gatsby. Written on July 13, 2007 Summary: Lush and poignant With well over 150 reviews, most of them five stars, I am not going to add much to the mountain of positives. This is simply a powerful, emotional, influential, and sage philosophical novel about the timeless struggles of man. It is more than a political novel, it is much deeper and full of humanity than that. If you enjoy writing that is prescient and intelligent, that makes you stop and re-read and pause to reflect, than you will cherish this book as I did. This is not a pop fiction piece by any means, it is rather a book that will linger long in your mind, challenge you, disturb you, and leave its mark. Writing like this reinforces my belief in what we are capable of in our finest moments. |
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| Collectible price | - | $16.50 | $14.95 | $7.95 | $17.25 | $15.00 |
| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 1996-09-01 | 1999-09-30 | 1995-03-14 | 2006-05-30 | 2002-01-03 | 2006-10-17 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback |
| Format | Bargain Price | - | - | - | - | - |
| Number of pages | 672 | 180 | 608 | 256 | 464 | 256 |
| Ean | - | 9780743273565 | 9780679732761 | 9780061120060 | 9780142000663 | 9780743297332 |
| Book Isbn | - | 0743273567 | 0679732764 | 0061120065 | 0142000663 | 0743297334 |
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