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The fully restored original text of the classic, ever-relevant story of a backcountry lawyer whose idealism is overcome by his lust for power—American literature’s definitive political novel.
All the King’s Men traces the rise of fall of demagogue Willie Talos, a fiction Southern policitian who resembles the real-life Huey Long of Louisiana. Talos begins his career as an idealistic man of the people, but he soon becomes corrupted by success and the lust for power.
Now Warren’s masterpiece has been fully restored and reintroduced by literary scholar Noel Polk, textual editor of the works of William Faulkner. Polk presents the novel as it was originally written, revealing even greater energy, excitement, and complexity.
Publisher : Mariner Books Classics; First Edition (September 3, 2002)
Language : English
Paperback : 656 pages
ISBN-10 : 0156012952
ISBN-13 : 978-0156012959
Reading age : 14 years and up
Lexile measure : 1060L
Item Weight : 1.3 pounds
Dimensions : 5.31 x 1.25 x 8 inches
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