all the king's men

     

All the King's Men is a novel by Robert Penn Warren, first publishe in 1946. The novel is loosely based on the biography of Louisiana governor Huey Long and derives its title from a line in the popular nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. In 1947 Warren won the Pulitzer Prize for All the King's Men. Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005. It was adapted for film in 1949 and 2006; the 1949 version won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Trivia about all the king's men

  • Robert Penn Warren took this novel's title from a line in "Humpty Dumpty"
  • 1949's Best Picture, its title came from "Humpty Dumpty"
  • Willie Stark, a character in this Robert Penn Warren novel was modeled on Huey Long
  • 1946:"None of the Queen's Gals"
  • Pulitzer-winning Robert Penn Warren novel, its movie adaptation won Best Picture Oscar
  • In this 1946 novel, "There wasn't any Democratic Party. There was just Willie" Stark
  • This novel about a politician's rise & fall earned Robert Penn Warren a Pulitzer Prize in 1947
  • The title of this Robert Penn Warren novel comes from a nursery rhyme
  • In this novel a southern politician's life is described in stark detail, with exquisite Penn-manship
  • Oscar-winning political drama seen here(with Broderick Crawford speaking)
  • Jack Burden is this book's central character; the 1949 movie switched it to Willie Stark
  • Governor Willie Stark in this Robert Penn Warren novel is said to have been modeled after Huey Long
  • This novel is narrated by one-time journalist Jack Burden, who becomes an aide to politician Willie Stark
  • Robert Penn Warren knows they helped with HumptyA _ __ H _K _ N _ ' __ _ N
  • Jude was Sean Penn's beast of (Jack) Burden in this 2006 film based on a Robert Penn Warren novel

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