All the King's Men Study Guide

One hot day in 1936, Governor Willie Stark, also known as "The Boss," is visiting Mason City, his home town. Sugar Boy is driving the Cadillac." The Boss" is in the passenger seat, and the narrator, Jack Burden, Tiny Duffy (a large overweight man), and Lucy, Stark's wife, are in the back seat. They stop at the drug store for soft drinks, and people gather and demand that the Governor make a speech. After the speech, the little group of visitors gets back into the Cadillac for the ride to the farm of Willie Stark's father. (read more)