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All the King’s Men is a novel by Robert Penn Warren that was first published in 1946
. The novel, which won Warren the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1947. The novel was also the basis for a film adaptation of the same name that won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1949. All the King’s Men is based on the rise to power and eventual assassination of Huey Long, who was a Governor, U.S. Senator, and a political boss in Louisiana during the 1920s and 1930s.Read the full book summary, a complete list of character descriptions, and mini essays based on key ideas from All the King’s Men.
