World's End I - Tapa dura

While this novel is fictional with most of it's main characters, it is probably one of the best historical views of the 20th Century. At the same time it is extremely funny. The story is also applicable to the present day and the foreseeable future in that it politically targets the desire of the West to control oil flow. Yes, the plot starts out during the years of pre-WW I and continues thru WW II. It will give the reader a greater understanding of the world events during that period of time. As said in a review, the character of "Lanny Budd is extraordinary and realistically portrayed with true emotion asndf depth". Upton Sinclair left us a truly viviid perspective of the world at this point in history. It is one of the best Sinclair novels he ever wrote and perhaps one of the greatest novels produced in the 20th Century. It is a 5 star book! A Collector's Edition.