OIL!

    This is the novel the movie 'There Will Be Blood' was based on. First published in 1927, Upton Sinclair paints a picture of the early rush for oil in Southern California. Enraged by the oil scandals of the Harding administration in the 1920's, Sinclair tells a tale of avarice, corruption, and class warfare, featuring a cavalcade of characters including senators, oil magnates, Holly wood starlets and a crusading evangelist. Sinclair's drama endures as one of the most powerful American novels of social injustice.