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Oil!

by Upton Sinclair

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Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 0143137441
ISBN-13 9780143137443
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture US
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Jan 4th, 2024
Print length 608 Pages
Weight 404 grams
Dimensions 12.90 x 19.60 x 3.10 cms
Product Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Historical adventure
Ksh 2,900.00 Werezi Extended Catalogue

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'A classic tale of greed and corruption' Erich Schlosser, author of Fast Food NationUpton Sinclair's searing, prophetic indictment of fossil fuels, and the inspiration for the film There Will Be BloodBased on the oil scandals of the Harding administration, Upton Sinclair's novel Oil! burst into the literary limelight amid soaring petroleum profits and gaping inequalities in 1927. Whether telling the story of the land, the ordinary civilian, or the heirs to oil fortune, Sinclair skilfully paints a vivid picture of the effects of corporate corruption, greed and how the so called 'American Century' was born. By turns a gripping family saga and anti-capitalist warning, Oil! ranks among the most important critiques of fossil energy ever written. An exhilarating novel, which anticipated how fossil fuels would shape the dilemmas of our present, Oil! looks toward a greener, more inclusive, and altogether more livable world yet to come.

''A classic tale of greed and corruption'' Erich Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation

Upton Sinclair''s searing, prophetic indictment of fossil fuels, and the inspiration for the film There Will Be Blood

Based on the oil scandals of the Harding administration, Upton Sinclair''s novel Oil! burst into the literary limelight amid soaring petroleum profits and gaping inequalities in 1927. Whether telling the story of the land, the ordinary civilian, or the heirs to oil fortune, Sinclair skilfully paints a vivid picture of the effects of corporate corruption, greed and how the so called ''American Century'' was born.

By turns a gripping family saga and anti-capitalist warning, Oil! ranks among the most important critiques of fossil energy ever written. An exhilarating novel, which anticipated how fossil fuels would shape the dilemmas of our present, Oil! looks toward a greener, more inclusive, and altogether more livable world yet to come.

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