Oil!

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Oil! is a novel by Upton Sinclair published in 1927. It is a third person narrative, with its main character being "Bunny" Arnold Ross Jr., son of an oil tycoon. Bunny's sympathetic feelings towards oilfield workers and socialists provoke his arguments with his father and much of the story. The book was molded out of the Harding administration's oil scandals and takes place in southern California. It is being crafted for the big screen, under the title There Will Be Blood, by Paul Thomas Anderson, with Daniel Day-Lewis in the lead role and Paul Dano in the supporting cast. It is being slated for theatrical release in the fall of 2007.