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ELMER GANTRY by SINCLAIR LEWIS [View all]
If you haven't read it yet, read it now.
If you've read it, re-read it.
If you've seen the movie, don't stop there. Read the book itself. Well worth your time.
It is prescient. Elmer Gantry as a literary figure is the prototype of Donald Trump.
Someone you love to hate.
Dastardly. False prophet. Megalomaniac. Charlatan. Blasphemer. And gets away with it.
I first read it in 1986 and was immediately sucked into the story. So involved that I was literally talking to the book.
And if you've been stirred by Elmer Gantry, proceed to Lewis' Main Street. It sort of outlines how MAGAts have always been with us.
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