Oil!
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| Oil! | |
| Author | Upton Sinclair |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Political Novel |
| Publisher | Penguin Group (USA) |
| Publication date | 1927 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback: Movie Tie-In Edition) |
| Pages | 560 |
| ISBN | 9780143112266 |
Oil! is a novel by Upton Sinclair published in 1927. It is a third person narrative, with its main character being James Arnold Ross Jr., nicknamed Bunny, son of an oil tycoon. Bunny's sympathetic feelings towards oilfield workers and socialists provoke arguments with his father throughout the story. The book was written in the context of the Harding administration's Teapot Dome Scandal and takes place in Southern California.
On December 26, 2007, a film loosely based on the novel was released under the title There Will Be Blood, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. An edition of the novel released on December 18, 2007 carried the banner "the inspiration for There Will Be Blood."
