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by: Sinclair Lewis
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9780451530752
ISBN: 0451530756
Label: Signet Classics
Manufacturer: Signet Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 496
Publication Date: December 04, 2007
Publisher: Signet Classics
Sales Rank: 38701
Studio: Signet Classics
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Possibly the best student of hypocrisy since Voltaire
This portrait of a golden-tongued evangelist-who lives a life of hypocrisy, sensuality, and self-indulgence-is also the chronicle of a reign of vulgarity, which but for Lewis would have left no record of itself.
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Rating:  - Timeless and Relevent
A scathing look evangelicals and the dirty business of old time religion. The book stays relevant and is true to the nature of religion, politics, entertainment and the gullibility of the masses.
Rating: - Elmer Gantry - hate the sin, love the sinner
Truly classic mix of rampant cynicism, hypocrisy, greed, lust--and great insight into not only the spiritual depravity of man, but the true fruit of the spirit that a Christian can display when living a Christ-like life. It doesn't often happen, but when it does it shines through.
Elmer Gantry, and his supporting characters, despite their deeply cynical and hypocritical faults, are treated more gently by Lewis than was Babbitt (Bantam Classics), the poor grasping sap of a businessman ... Read More
Rating:  - Holds up
Sinclair Lewis created an immediately-controversial character with Elmer Gantry. And while Gantry may be deeply rooted within 1920s America, he remains as sadly relevant, topical, and controversial in America, 2000, as he did in America, 1927. It's quite interesting to think that this book might have seemed quaint and dated in the 1970's. But so much has changed in our politics and regard toward the role religion plays within our everyday lives since that time, that this book could have been written ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent!
I was very impressed with the order of Elmer Gantry. The book shipped quickly and arrived between the 7-14 day window. The service was professional. The book details matched the quality of the book. I am very pleased with the service provided.
Rating: - The Most Hated Novel in US History
When Elmer Gantry was published, author Sinclair Lewis received death threats, an ivitation to be lynched in Virginia, a warning to stay clear of New Hampshire or wind up in a prison cell. I wonder if he would still have the courage to write a similar book today, in the climate of religious fanaticism that prevails. Elmer Gantry is a portrayal of hypocrisy and opportunism among the Evangelical clergy of the early 20th Century. The title character is as hateful and fraudulent as the Bakkers, Swaggerts, and ... Read More
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