They Call Me Carpenter

by Upton Sinclair

Overview

Upton Sinclair's "They Call Me Carpenter" offers a scathing satire of early Hollywood and the burgeoning film industry. A sharp social commentary wrapped in a fictional narrative, the book lays bare the excesses and hypocrisies of the era. Sinclair, known for his unflinching portrayals of social injustice, turns his attention to the glamorous yet often morally bankrupt world of Los Angeles in its formative years as the entertainment capital.

This meticulously prepared edition brings Sinclair's historical fiction to a new audience. Delve into a world of ambition, illusion, and moral compromise, where dreams are manufactured and fortunes are won and lost with breathtaking speed. "They Call Me Carpenter" remains a relevant and insightful look at the power of media and the allure of fame. Its enduring appeal lies in its timeless depiction of human nature against the backdrop of a rapidly changing society. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of Hollywood or the art of social satire.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781023036665
Publisher:	Anson Street Press
Publication date:	03/28/2025
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (1878 - 1968) was an American writer who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well-known and popular in the first half of the twentieth century and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943. In 1906, Sinclair acquired particular fame for his classic muckraking novel The Jungle, which exposed conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry, causing a public uproar that contributed in part to the passage a few months later of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. In 1919, he published The Brass Check, a muckraking exposé of American journalism that publicized the issue of yellow journalism and the limitations of the "free press" in the United States. Four years after publication of The Brass Check, the first code of ethics for journalists was created. Time magazine called him "a man with every gift except humor and silence". He is also well remembered for the line: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." He used this line in speeches and the book about his campaign for governor as a way to explain why the editors and publishers of the major newspapers in California would not treat seriously his proposals for old age pensions and other progressive reforms. Upton Sinclair was considered a force of nature -- being not only prolific in his novel-writing but a political force of decided influence. Unknown to many of his admirers, Sinclair also wrote adventure fiction, under the name Ensign Clark Fitch, U.S.N.