Robert Penn Warren's novel All the King's Men was published in 1946. The nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty" inspired the film's title. The novel depicts the narrative of Willie Stark, a charismatic populist governor in the Depression-era Deep South, and his political manoeuvrings. It's widely assumed that it was partially based on the true story of US Senator Huey P. Long, who was slain in 1935. In 1947, Warren won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel All the King's Men. It was converted into two films with the same title, one in ...
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Robert Penn Warren's novel All the King's Men was published in 1946. The nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty" inspired the film's title. The novel depicts the narrative of Willie Stark, a charismatic populist governor in the Depression-era Deep South, and his political manoeuvrings. It's widely assumed that it was partially based on the true story of US Senator Huey P. Long, who was slain in 1935. In 1947, Warren won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel All the King's Men. It was converted into two films with the same title, one in 1949 and the other in 2006, with the 1949 version winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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I ENJOYED THIS BOOK SO MUCH, I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN.
PaTalk
Jul 23, 2010
Classic mystery at its best
You just can't read this without the image of Humphrey Bogart in your mind. This is the kind of mystery that influenced everything after it's publication. Love the phrasing and pictures Chandler presents and the fast action.
rejoyce
Oct 23, 2007
The Sun-Blinded Southland
Raymond Chandler practically invented the Southern California detective novel, which also includes Ross MacDonald and Walter Mosley. His protagonist Philip Marlowe stalks a sun-blinded Southland of elite mansions, transient motels, retired generals, nymphomaniac daughters, and cagey heiresses. Chandler rises above the crowd with his way with a metaphor and his witty, tough-guy repartee. Our image of Los Angeles--its glamour and seediness--is forever refracted through Chandler's stylish prose. The principals in Howard Hawks' movie version of The Big Sleep claimed not to understand the convolutions of the plot, but no matter. It's the pleasure of the prose that counts.
