Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis

A 1927 novel by Sinclair Lewis, ‘Elmer Gantry’ is a satirical novel. It is one of those few works by Lewis that presents aspects of the religious activity of America in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s public toward it. The novel’s protagonist, Dr. Elmer Gantry, is initially attracted by booze and easy money and chasing women. After various forays into evangelism, he becomes a successful Methodist minister despite his hypocrisy and serial sexual indiscretions.