Oil!
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Oil!

by Upton Sinclair

1927•Drama•527 pages

Taste attributes: dramapoliticalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringsocial commentaryrags to richescomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeExpect a heavy, original novel, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like surprises over comfort.

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4.3 / 5

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About This Book

Sinclair's 1927 novel did for California's oil industry what The Jungle did for Chicago's meat-packing factories. 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.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaPoliticalSocial commentaryRags to richesComplex relationship

Subjects

Petroleum industry and tradePetroleum industry and trade in fictionSouthern california in fictionMotion picture industryMotion picture industry in fictionDramaCalifornia in fictionHistorical Fiction

Details

Author
Upton Sinclair
Published
1927
Pages
527
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