Episode 40: Can All the King's Men Put Us Back Together Again?
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The episode discusses Robert Penn Warren's novel 'All the King’s Men' and its relevance today.
Send us Fan Mail Episode 40 of the Great American Novel Podcasts discusses one of the great American novels of the Twentieth Century, one that is perhaps more significant and relevant now than it has been in quite some time. In this episode your feckless hosts discuss All the King’s Men, Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Warren tells the story of Willie Stark, a country boy turned crusading attorney turned backroom deal-making, power-wielding governor ...
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