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...Edward Sinclair was 61 years old; his son Norman was a youngster of 35. Aaron Stone and Richard Vivian had passed 55. Tough, gnarled Newfies all, they knew...
...spite of all he goes through, a very complicated human being. Neither is anyone else in the enormous cast which surrounds him. Neither is Author Sinclair. But they are all so friendly, so engaging, so oddly innocent, that it does not greatly matter...
...Upton Sinclair has written still another novel about Lanny Budd, with his neat tan mustache, his Franco-American charm, and the art dealer's trade which takes him anywhere (TIME...
...Upton Sinclair, human beings are all essentially nice people who go right or wrong strictly according to their background. The history which they make or break is in no sense their own doing. It is the inevitable product of the infernal machine of the age, Capitalism. History and humanity alike might be set right if only Capitalism were retired in favor of Socialism, plus the large kindliness which Author Sinclair is so obviously filled with, and which half exonerates even his most villainous characters...
Both literature and life (in which Upton Sinclair is more warmly interested) are crueler and more disenchanted than he knows. The time may come when Upton Sinclair's novel and history will foam down the homestretch neck & neck. Meanwhile, charging along a few lengths behind history (this volume ends in 1937), calling the fouls in a loud, clear voice, and always polite to his horse, Upton Sinclair is one of his century's most gallant losers...