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Oil! is a novel by Upton Sinclair, first published in 1926-27 and told as a third-person narrative, with only the opening pages written in the first person. The book was written in the context of the Harding administration's Teapot Dome Scandal and takes place in Southern... Read Full Overview

In Oil! Upton Sinclair fashioned a novel out of the oil scandals of the Harding administration, providing in the process a detailed picture of the development of the oil industry in Southern California. Bribery of public officials, class warfare, and international rivalry over... Read Full Overview

This book is the inspiration for the Academy Award-nominated film, There Will Be Blood, starring Daniel Day-Lewis.

As he did so masterfully in The Jungle, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Upton Sinclair interweaves social criticism with human tragedy to create... Read Full Overview

First published in 1927, "Oil!" is an unflinching portrayal of greed and betrayal by Pulitzer Prize winning author Upton Sinclair. Famous for his groundbreaking work "The Jungle", which exposed the horribly unsafe conditions in the American meatpacking industry, Sinclair turned... Read Full Overview

In "Oil!" Upton Sinclair fashioned a novel out of the oil scandals of the Harding administration, providing in the process a detailed picture of the development of the oil industry in Southern California. Bribery of public officials, class warfare, and international rivalry over... Read Full Overview

Oil! is a novel by Upton Sinclair, first published in 1926-27 and told as a third-person narrative, with only the opening pages written in the first person. The book was written in the context of the Harding administration's Teapot Dome Scandal and takes place in Southern... Read Full Overview

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Upton Sinclair's "Oil " plunges into the turbulent world of 1920s Southern California, exposing the dark underbelly of the burgeoning oil industry. Through a sweeping narrative, Sinclair delivers a potent work of social criticism, dissecting the era's rampant political corruption... Read Full Overview

Upton Sinclair's "Oil " plunges into the turbulent world of 1920s Southern California, exposing the dark underbelly of the burgeoning oil industry. Through a sweeping narrative, Sinclair delivers a potent work of social criticism, dissecting the era's rampant political corruption... Read Full Overview