by Robert Penn Warren
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Historical Fiction, Politics, and Social Sciences.
More than just a classic political novel, Warren?s tale of power and corruption in the Depressionera South is a sustained meditation on the unforeseen consequences of every human act, the vexing connectedness of all people and the possibility?it?s not much of one?of goodness in a sinful world. Willie Stark, Warren?s lightly disguised version of Hu...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Historical Fiction, Politics, and Social Sciences.
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Garry Kasparov
“Good article on the valuable lessons about the politics of resentment from a great book (and film), All the King's Men, one of my favorites, on its 75th anniversary.”
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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