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All the King's Men

  • Writer: Kathy Miller
    Kathy Miller
  • Nov 19, 2023
  • 1 min read

Updated: Aug 30

Robert Penn Warren, 1946

Date Read: 11/19/23


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THIS IS THE 100TH BOOK READ!!


only 500 more..........







This novel is really really long and there are a lot of parts that add nothing to the story, tangents about an ancestor of the narrator or religion. If you took all that out, you'd have almost a perfect novel. With them, you have an absolutely fantastic novel with some fluff.


Apparently there is a movie from 2006 starring Anthony Hopkins *swoon* so I will definitely be watching that ASAP


I am aware this is a fictionalization of the life of Huey Long but I know literally nothing about him so that means very little to me. If you know Southern history better than I do, this may be meaningful to you.


I'm not interested in politics so this isn't something I'd have chosen to read. That said, it was fascinating and I loved how Warren writes. Lyrical, almost poetic, even when describing shady backroom deals.


I'm not at all surprised he won a Pullitzer for this.



















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