Ian’s Reviews > All the King's Men > Status Update

1.) Penn Warren's penchant to extend an image over paragraphs and use an initial metaphor as a wellspring for others. Example. A room as greasy and then later on, the candle looked fed by the grease. A scene like a play backdrop then, after a few paragraphs, characterize a noise as 'somewhere offstage,'

2.) The slow intro of Adam Stanton over 200 pages before his role becomes clear is really, really something.