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Richard Ford talks to Alex Clark about his latest novel, Be Mine - a father and son road trip across America.

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Oil Exclamation Mark by Upton Sinclair

There are quite a lot of novels about the oil industry and its impact. I think it's something that Amitav Ghosh called petro-fiction isn't it? There are some really interesting examples will you just tell us a bit about them? The first great American oil novel is Oil Exclamation Mark by Upton Sinclair which became the famous movie There Will Be Blood. Helen Beyer of course, Oil and Water, his novel of 2010 I just think is a wonderful book.

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