The following passage s from a review of "All The King's Men"  in the National (Toronto) Post newspaper by the political analyst David Frum

"Along the way, Warren offers many observations about the contrast between past and future, the man of mind and the man of action, God and humanity. The influence of T.S. Eliot lies heavy upon these pages, much too heavy.”

The full review is at:

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/04/11/david-frum-reassesses-all-the-king-s-men-politics-as-we-fear-it-might-be.aspx

Willie Stark did not remind me of any of Eliot’s characters. Does anyone here see any similarity between Eliot’s characters and Stark
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