{"product_id":"oil-paperback","title":"Oil! - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUpton Sinclair\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe classic novel that inspired the Academy award-winning film, \u003ci\u003eThere Will Be Blood.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenguin Books is proud to now be the sole publisher of \u003ci\u003eOil!\u003c\/i\u003e, the classic 1927 novel by Upton Sinclair. After writing \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e, his scathing indictment of the meatpacking industry, Sinclair turned his sights on the early days of the California oil industry in a highly entertaining story featuring a cavalcade of characters including senators, oil magnets, Hollywood film starlets, and a crusading evangelist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis lively and panoramic book, which was recently cited by David Denby in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eas being Sinclair's \"most readable\" novel, is now the inspiration for the Paramount Vantage major motion picture, \u003ci\u003eThere Will Be Blood\u003c\/i\u003e. It is the long-awaited film from Paul Thomas Anderson, one of the most admired filmmakers working today whose previous movies, \u003ci\u003eBoogie Nights\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMagnolia\u003c\/i\u003e were both multiple Academy Award nominees. The movie stars Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis (\u003ci\u003eGangs of New York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Left Foot\u003c\/i\u003e) and Paul Dano (\u003ci\u003eLittle Miss Sunshine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParamount Vantage will be releasing the film in New York and Los Angeles on December 26, 2007 and go nationwide in January. This is the same company responsible for \u003ci\u003eBabel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Mighty Heart\u003c\/i\u003e and the current releases, \u003ci\u003eInto the Wild, Margot at the Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Kite Runner\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs wars rage on in the oil region and as anxiety over natural resources rise, the subject of this book, which celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2007, is more timely than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpton Sinclair (1878-1968) was born in Baltimore. At age fifteen, he began writing a series of dime novels in order to pay for his education at the City College of New York. He was later accepted to do graduate work at Columbia, and while there he published a number of novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Arthur Stirling\u003c\/i\u003e (1903) and \u003ci\u003eManassas\u003c\/i\u003e (1904). Sinclair's breakthrough came in 1906 with the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e, a scathing indictment of the Chicago meat-packing industry. His later works include \u003ci\u003eWorld's End\u003c\/i\u003e (1940), \u003ci\u003eDragon's Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e (1942), which won him a Pulitzer Prize, \u003ci\u003eO Shepherd, Speak!\u003c\/i\u003e (1949) and \u003ci\u003eAnother Pamela\u003c\/i\u003e (1950).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 7.77 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 18, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684773826623,"sku":"9780143112266","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ebaec61983d51a01e292a8c1117087c3.webp?v=1764968595","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/oil-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}