A character in this novel is an abolitionist who joins the Confederate Army but vows not to kill anyone because he feels guilty over the suicide of his friend Duncan.
A character in this novel is an abolitionist who joins the Confederate Army but vows not to kill anyone because he feels guilty over the suicide of his friend Duncan. That character in this novel is obsessed with finding the slave Phebe, who discovered his affair with Annabelle Trice. The narrator of this novel adopts a nihilist, random view of life after giving an old man with a facial twitch a ride back east. Its narrator researches his ancestor, Cass Mastern, but eventually gives up and enters what he calls the Great Sleep. Near the end of this novel, Dr. Adam Stanton shoots a man to death at the Capitol building. It is narrated by reporter Jack Burden, who is the aide to the Huey Long-inspired politician Willie Stark. For 10 points, name this novel by Robert Penn Warren.
A character in this novel is an abolitionist who joins the Confederate Army but vows not to kill anyone because he feels guilty over the suicide of his friend Duncan.
All the King's Men