Oil!
by Upton Sinclair
893 pages~15 hrs
“In a land slick with greed, the only thing more dangerous than the oil is the truth.”
Experience the explosive clash of capitalism and conscience in this sweeping epic of the Southern California oil fields. When a tycoon's son discovers the dark reality behind his father's fortune, he is swept into a world of radical politics and cutthroat ambition where loyalty is the ultimate currency.
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