All the King's Men - by Robert Penn Warren (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>One of the great classics of American fiction is now available in this restored edition that presents it as it was originally written. The winner of the 1947 Pulitzer Prize traces the rise and fall of Southern politician Willie Talos, an idealistic man of the people who is corrupted by success and lust for power. This edition is restored by Noel Polk.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE</b><br/><br/><b>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. </b><br/><br/><i>All the King's Men</i> 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. <br/><br/>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"A fully restored American political classic. . . . Now we can read it as it was written." --<i>Chicago Tribune</i> <br>Winner of the 1947 Pulitzer Prize, <i>All the King's Men</i> is one of the most famous and widely read works in American literature, and as relevant today as it was fifty years ago. Now it 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, complexity, and subtlety of character in this landmark of letters. <br>"[Polk] should be commended for this restored edition of Warren's great novel. . . . Deeply imagined, beautifully written, [<i>All the King's Men</i>] is both a reckoning with the deepest forces of life and an edge-of-your seat page-turner."--<i>The Raleigh News and Observer</i> <br>"To read [<i>All the King's Men</i>] in this new edition is to be struck again by its raw power, its urgency and relevance."--<i>New Orleans Times-Picayune</i> <br>"The publication of a new, corrected edition of <i>All the King's Men</i> is welcome news for all who care about American literature." -- Joseph Blotner, author of <i>Robert Penn Warren: A Biography</i> <br>Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), America's first Poet Laureate, won three Pulitzer Prizes and virtually every other major award given to U.S. writers. <br>Noel Polk is a professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi. He lives in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>PRAISE FOR THE RESTORED EDITION OF <i>ALL THE KING'S MEN</i> <p/>To read it in this new edition is to be struck again by its raw power, its urgency and relevance.--<i>New Orleans Times-Picayune</i> <p/>The original editors adjusted the novel to the tastes and styles of the time, but now we can read it as it was written. The result is a more complicated and emotionally charged--and longer--story.--<i>Chicago Tribune</i><br><br>
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