Upton Sinclair — Oil!

London, T. Werner Laurie, 1927 . Cloth. The third UK impression of Upton Sinclair's family drama about oil in Southern California, written in the context of the Harding administration's Teapot Dome Scandal. The third impression of the first UK edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.'Oil!' is a political drama, set in Southern California during the teapot Dome Scandal, following a family and how they are affected by the scandal.The beginning of the novel served as an inspiration for the 2007 film 'There Will Be Blood', starring Daniel Day Lewis.By Upton Sinclair, an American author and political activist, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943.Minor ink inscription to front free endpaper head. Publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, with light rubbing to back strip head and head of rear joint. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Minor ink inscription to front free endpaper head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .