The book selected for reading this month is Oil! by Upton Sinclair. According to a review posted on Amazon. com:
From Library Journal
Sinclair's 1927 novel did for California's oil industry what The Jungle did for Chicago's meat-packing factories. The plot follows the clash between an oil developer and his son. Typical of Sinclair, there are undertones here of socialism and sympathy for the common working stiff.
A contemporary movie, There Will Be Blood, was loosely based on this book. Oil! and untold other topics will be discussed when we meet on May 22.
Looking ahead to June, we will be reading Mary Maeps' Truth and Duty, the Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power.
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