| Show Standard-Examiner Standard Book Reviews Edited by Maurice Howe SI CL LJ WIS ELMER G H fly lly Sinclair lc Leis l-c l ls Is tCo Co I New York publishers Opinions on a II book hook the th firstI first I printing of o which i caples are aro re 11 not 11 likely to be of much In- In Everyone is going to read It And perhaps in the caso case of LeWie Le Lc i 10 test Elmer Gantry this Is 1 best for or 1 It will be haggled abo from tir tte lOWly vly strongholds of fun fun- In Tennessee to the altars of Manhattans Manhattan's M nh most leber- leber lebera LV temple Generally speaking this thi to Sir Lewis encyclopedia Amen Ameri Amerina na area already y Including MillStreet Street Babbit and Arrow h deals with whim tIme the l And It t Is la In the of the word racket t Lewis Is the th I I l t Wherever er the th dust saw sa dust IV-dust trail crUises Its It pages page the th of charlatanism and are ar stressed sed One On cla its lis it pages page tho the shadow of the lime thep p aires agent and of o the Ui tent I tl cI t the ballyhoo man miln and tit Ui performer TIme rho c church too comes conic into tile the Hinl where is not nota a o or hinted then omen the time ul Itro ro dl variously as morons epileptic c hysterics and such uch At this moment we do not pre pre- prend prend nd to predict how loud will be b the die lies ot of protest nor how time the chuckles of o the the- he h heathen for for to law fol folk folic adore ador scandal concern log Ing an erring man of the cloth 1 t et ct In our ow own humble way we failed to get excited elicited Ministers Minister mix their sex and religious Jive arc le not uncommon The details detail ot oho the tho lato lab Los Lo Angela Angel trial of ot tho ho electric Almee were buck kuch that rr of Imagination tr approaches approach climax anti by contrat So wo we were more or leis leaa B prepared ed cd for tor the Ule character of ot sharon aharon a i ue daughter of Ills his and a con can actress who mixes sex e E with l th religion IQ 10 tho ho point where sh a divine alibi for or nil all ler- ler coral carnalities When Sharon 13 i iI I mp moved by tire fire lii ji 1110 Ilia tabernacle we we wonder it If that hat would not be berand grand movie tuf Gantry Is hown a at the begin begin- begin In tn the divinity chool Ho to Is Isa Isa laa a giant cant toot football ball player sets get drunk out with the he girls One day dayan dayan dayan an tighter ex turned gets hInt aido a ld and begins a a Course coune of t Q Gentry Is 1 overcome but not Nor r Is la he h ever It IL we may take the th liberty of ot pro pre presuming pre presuming suming that Lewis uses use him as a a ag g lInal symbol them them- evangels evangela must bo reduced to so many bull bullies le- le leusing le ies using the Lord as 18 a II- II n L l lash ai si or on OJ human all II- II conscience lenc lVe weak k- k k neeses Oa Gantry takes talco Ms hIs all a as lie he rd them Along Alan Alon comes cornei pretty In his s hi first I parish and Is lost lie He has baa a convenient way ot of hypocritically passing pausing the to his fellow sinners Inner and heaven for tor their release relea e Lulu again crosses his hili hl life lito late In the book bool She Sho Is now married but iUt that does docs not deter r him And there thre 1 Is Sharon and whoso husband CIo husband shows ur up and pro- pro duces produces Dearest toolie letters such as frequently figure In sen- sen sensational cases case wherein a a clergyman t I the key figure Gantry runs run a a full gamut t fIe Ie has ha lie call bombast bomba t conceit sheep II gO Je Is I Ignorant and Yet wo we see him bun risa 1150 toI to I a a pla place e ot In tn tho church In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Ironic finish he slides ou out ot his othi othis last scandal and tades fades fade out our In glory I Taken Jaken In toto the book bool tre- tre frequently bored us u W Ve Ve grew tired of oIts 11 Ita commonplaces an and andor 1 or It ll it people cople As usual Lewis Is lunark good food a an as a II reporter but butas butas buas as time tir number of his novels tn- tn n crease we wu find an application of time same pr a II similar formula t 19 each we w get et the feeling that cs eh one 01 becomes become a bit more like th of a series ot or r en essays essay on any given ct N N i E A I |
